linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/4] DEBUG_RCU_HEAD: Debug and fix racy call

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Date:	Tue, 6 Oct 2009 21:20:54 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 0/4] DEBUG_RCU_HEAD: Debug and fix racy call_rcu() users

On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 10:37:28AM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Here is a patchset, done on 2.6.30.9, which permits to detect and fix racy
> call_rcu() users.
> 
> Fix for vunmap, which happens to be one of them, is included.
> 
> Note that some false-positives might come up when call_rcu() is called on
> uninitialized struct rcu_head. The solution is, surprisingly enough, to
> initialize them.

Very cool, Mathieu!!!

I do like adding the debug-only field to struct rcu_head.  Lots of
additional places need initialization, or am I missing a trick here?

							Thanx, Paul
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