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-rw-r--r--kernel/rcutree.c23
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index a06d172c75e0..240604aa3f70 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -650,21 +650,34 @@ void rcu_nmi_exit(void)
}
/**
- * rcu_is_cpu_idle - see if RCU thinks that the current CPU is idle
+ * __rcu_is_watching - are RCU read-side critical sections safe?
+ *
+ * Return true if RCU is watching the running CPU, which means that
+ * this CPU can safely enter RCU read-side critical sections. Unlike
+ * rcu_is_watching(), the caller of __rcu_is_watching() must have at
+ * least disabled preemption.
+ */
+bool __rcu_is_watching(void)
+{
+ return atomic_read(this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks.dynticks)) & 0x1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * rcu_is_watching - see if RCU thinks that the current CPU is idle
*
* If the current CPU is in its idle loop and is neither in an interrupt
* or NMI handler, return true.
*/
-int rcu_is_cpu_idle(void)
+bool rcu_is_watching(void)
{
int ret;
preempt_disable();
- ret = (atomic_read(this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks.dynticks)) & 0x1) == 0;
+ ret = __rcu_is_watching();
preempt_enable();
return ret;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(rcu_is_cpu_idle);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_is_watching);
#if defined(CONFIG_PROVE_RCU) && defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)
@@ -2321,7 +2334,7 @@ static void __call_rcu_core(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp,
* If called from an extended quiescent state, invoke the RCU
* core in order to force a re-evaluation of RCU's idleness.
*/
- if (rcu_is_cpu_idle() && cpu_online(smp_processor_id()))
+ if (!rcu_is_watching() && cpu_online(smp_processor_id()))
invoke_rcu_core();
/* If interrupts were disabled or CPU offline, don't invoke RCU core. */