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Message-ID: <20100104230850.GA22111@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 15:08:50 -0800 From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca, josh@...htriplett.org, dvhltc@...ibm.com, niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, dhowells@...hat.com Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/11] rcu: suppress GP start to simplify force_quiescent_state() Hello! This patch series makes a sequence of changes that prevent a new RCU grace period from starting while force_quiescent_state() is the the process of trying to cause the prior grace period to complete. This simplifies the code and eliminates numerous painful race conditions. Thanx, Paul b/include/linux/rcutiny.h | 12 +++ b/include/linux/rcutree.h | 3 b/kernel/rcutorture.c | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++- b/kernel/rcutree.c | 28 +++++--- b/kernel/rcutree.h | 3 b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 20 +++++- kernel/rcutree.c | 153 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- kernel/rcutree.h | 15 ++-- 8 files changed, 211 insertions(+), 103 deletions(-) -- 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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