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author | Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> | 2011-11-23 05:43:02 +0100 |
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committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2011-12-11 19:32:02 +0100 |
commit | f535a607c13c7b674e0788ca5765779aa74a01c3 (patch) | |
tree | 433a07d16ff11d9f67e7991831cebf3cadfd9939 /block/blk-merge.c | |
parent | rcu: Avoid needlessly IPIing CPUs at GP end (diff) | |
download | linux-f535a607c13c7b674e0788ca5765779aa74a01c3.tar.xz linux-f535a607c13c7b674e0788ca5765779aa74a01c3.zip |
rcu: Eliminate RCU_FAST_NO_HZ grace-period hang
With the new implementation of RCU_FAST_NO_HZ, it was possible to hang
RCU grace periods as follows:
o CPU 0 attempts to go idle, cycles several times through the
rcu_prepare_for_idle() loop, then goes dyntick-idle when
RCU needs nothing more from it, while still having at least
on RCU callback pending.
o CPU 1 goes idle with no callbacks.
Both CPUs can then stay in dyntick-idle mode indefinitely, preventing
the RCU grace period from ever completing, possibly hanging the system.
This commit therefore prevents CPUs that have RCU callbacks from entering
dyntick-idle mode. This approach also eliminates the need for the
end-of-grace-period IPIs used previously.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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