linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 17/25] rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_in_eqs_since() into rcu_watching_snap_stopped

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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:18:10 +0200
From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
Cc: rcu@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
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	Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
	Zqiang <qiang.zhang1211@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 17/25] rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_in_eqs_since() into
 rcu_watching_snap_stopped_since()

Le Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 04:43:17PM +0200, Valentin Schneider a écrit :
> The context_tracking.state RCU_DYNTICKS subvariable has been renamed to
> RCU_WATCHING, the dynticks prefix can go.
> 
> While at it, this helper is only meant to be called after failing an
> earlier call to rcu_watching_snap_in_eqs(), document this in the comments
> and add a WARN_ON_ONCE() for good measure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>