linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/30] thread_info: selector for TIF_NEED_RESCHED[

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Message-ID: <87plwpfuts.ffs@tglx>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:03:59 +0100
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Ankur Arora
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/30] thread_info: selector for TIF_NEED_RESCHED[_LAZY]

On Wed, Feb 21 2024 at 13:26, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2024 21:55:26 -0800
> Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com> wrote:
>
>> +/*
>> + * tif_resched(r) maps to TIF_NEED_RESCHED[_LAZY] with CONFIG_PREEMPT_AUTO.
>> + *
>> + * With !CONFIG_PREEMPT_AUTO, both tif_resched(NR_now) and tif_resched(NR_lazy)
>> + * reduce to the same value (TIF_NEED_RESCHED) leaving any scheduling behaviour
>> + * unchanged.
>> + */
>> +static inline int tif_resched(resched_t rs)
>> +{
>> +	return TIF_NEED_RESCHED + rs * TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY_OFFSET;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline int _tif_resched(resched_t rs)
>> +{
>> +	return 1 << tif_resched(rs);
>> +}
>> +
>
> This may have been mentioned in another thread (don't remember) but please
> make the above __always_inline, as that also matches tif_need_resched() as
> it is today.

It's required as this is used in noinstr sections.