linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] RCU, workqueue: Implement rcu

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Date:   Wed, 7 Mar 2018 09:58:33 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai+lkml@...il.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        jannh@...gle.com, bcrl@...ck.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        kent.overstreet@...il.com, security@...nel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] RCU, workqueue: Implement rcu_work

On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 05:23:17PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 06:54:08AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > One downside of allowing RCU callback functions to sleep is that
> > one poorly written callback can block a bunch of other ones.
> 
> Not to mention that we really want the RCU callbacks to be simple and
> short. Needing fancy things in the callback really should be the
> exception not the rule.

Very much agreed with that as well!

Besides, Tejun's queue_rcu_work() provides this functionality and
seems pretty straightforward to use.

							Thanx, Paul