netdev - Re: [PATCH] netpoll: use non-BH variant of RCU

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Date:	Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:09:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, linville@...driver.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netpoll: use non-BH variant of RCU

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:00:47 -0700

> @@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ int rcu_my_thread_group_empty(void)
>  	return thread_group_empty(current);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_my_thread_group_empty);
> +
> +void rcu_read_unlock_bh_irqsoff_check(void)
> +{
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(in_irq() || irqs_disabled());
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_read_unlock_bh_irqsoff_check);
>  #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU */

Is this WARN_ON_ONCE() test inverted?  It seems to be called where we
"should be" in an IRQ or have IRQs disabled.

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