linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 17/18 v2] ftrace/cpuidle/x86: Mark functions that are RCU unsafe

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Date:	Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:16:17 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 17/18 v2] ftrace/cpuidle/x86: Mark functions that
 are RCU unsafe

On 08/30/2013 10:11 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> 
> Some callbacks of the function tracer use rcu_read_lock(). This means that
> there's places that can not be traced because RCU is not tracking the CPU
> for various reasons (like NO_HZ_FULL and coming back from userspace).
> 
> Thes functions need to be marked so that callbacks that use RCU do not
> trace them.
> 
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>

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