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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:34:37 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ibm.com> Cc: oleg@...sign.ru, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dino@...ibm.com, tytso@...ibm.com, dvhltc@...ibm.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> Subject: Re: [PATCH -rt] catch put_task_struct RCU handling up to mainline * Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ibm.com> wrote: > Hello! > > Due to the separate -rt and mainline evolution of RCU signal handling, > the -rt patchset now makes each task struct go through two RCU grace > periods, with one call_rcu() in release_task() and with another in > put_task_struct(). Only the call_rcu() in release_task() is required, > since this is the one that is associated with tearing down the task > structure. > > This patch removes the extra call_rcu() in put_task_struct(), synching > this up with mainline. Tested lightly on i386. i've applied your patch to the -rt tree - we'll see how it goes. Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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