linux-kernel - Re: cond_resched() and RCU CPU stall warnings

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Date:	Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:14:34 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, josh@...htriplett.org, laijs@...fujitsu.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: cond_resched() and RCU CPU stall warnings

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 09:58:07AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> @@ -4111,6 +4115,7 @@ int __sched __cond_resched_softirq(void)
>  {
>  	BUG_ON(!in_softirq());
>  
> +	rcu_cond_resched();

Don't you have to enable BHs before doing that? And if not; that needs a
comment for sure! :-)

>  	if (should_resched()) {
>  		local_bh_enable();
>  		__cond_resched();
> 
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