linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: Use RCU variant of list traversal in for_each_leaf_rt

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Message-ID: <20081216203957.GB14787@elte.hu>
Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:39:57 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Bharata B Rao <bharata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Use RCU variant of list traversal in
	for_each_leaf_rt_rq()


* Bharata B Rao <bharata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> sched: Use RCU variant of list traversal in for_each_leaf_rt_rq()
> 
> for_each_leaf_rt_rq() walks an RCU protected list (rq->leaf_rt_rq_list),
> but doesn't use list_for_each_entry_rcu(). Fix this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  kernel/sched_rt.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

applied to tip/sched/urgent, thanks Bharata!

i'm wondering, have you observed a real crash, or did you find this via 
code review?

	Ingo
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