linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 tip/core/rcu 13/17] rcu: Make rcu_tasks_kthread()'s GP-wait loop allow preemption

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Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:28:41 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 tip/core/rcu 13/17] rcu: Make rcu_tasks_kthread()'s GP-wait loop allow preemption

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

The grace-period-wait loop in rcu_tasks_kthread() is under (unnecessary)
RCU protection, and therefore has no preemption points in a PREEMPT=n
kernel.  This commit therefore removes the RCU protection and inserts
cond_resched().

Reported-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/update.c | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
index 90239bc0a0b8..2130f0597771 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static void check_holdout_task(struct task_struct *t,
 	    (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) &&
 	     !is_idle_task(t) && t->rcu_tasks_idle_cpu >= 0)) {
 		ACCESS_ONCE(t->rcu_tasks_holdout) = false;
-		list_del_rcu(&t->rcu_tasks_holdout_list);
+		list_del_init(&t->rcu_tasks_holdout_list);
 		put_task_struct(t);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_tasks_kthread(void *arg)
 			bool firstreport;
 			bool needreport;
 			int rtst;
+			struct task_struct *t1;
 
 			schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ);
 			rtst = ACCESS_ONCE(rcu_task_stall_timeout);
@@ -585,11 +586,11 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_tasks_kthread(void *arg)
 				lastreport = jiffies;
 			firstreport = true;
 			WARN_ON(signal_pending(current));
-			rcu_read_lock();
-			list_for_each_entry_rcu(t, &rcu_tasks_holdouts,
-						rcu_tasks_holdout_list)
+			list_for_each_entry_safe(t, t1, &rcu_tasks_holdouts,
+						rcu_tasks_holdout_list) {
 				check_holdout_task(t, needreport, &firstreport);
-			rcu_read_unlock();
+				cond_resched();
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
-- 
1.8.1.5

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