linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL tip/core/rcu] RCU commits for v5.9

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Date:   Wed, 15 Jul 2020 07:12:26 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
Cc:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        rcu@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de, elver@...gle.com, ethp@...com,
        frederic@...nel.org, jbi.octave@...il.com, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        lihaoliang@...gle.com, madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com,
        mchehab+huawei@...nel.org, peter.enderborg@...y.com,
        rdunlap@...radead.org, richard.weiyang@...ux.alibaba.com,
        zou_wei@...wei.com, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL tip/core/rcu] RCU commits for v5.9

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 10:17:34PM +0200, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 11:27:32AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 08:14:26PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > > On 2020-07-14 10:27:01 [-0700], Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > > Joel Fernandes (Google) (5):
> > > >       rcu/tree: Skip entry into the page allocator for PREEMPT_RT
> > > 
> > > If it is too late to drop this then I am going send a revert okay?
> > 
> > I believe that Ulad and Joel are working on an update.
> > 
> > Now that you mention it Ulad and Joel, how is this coming along?
> > 
> Yes. I have made a proposal with dropping the lock. I do not see
> any issues by doing that. I will upload a patch soon.

Looking forward to seeing it!

							Thanx, Paul