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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>2022-08-03 08:48:12 -0700
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>2022-08-31 05:03:14 -0700
commit089254fd386eb6800dd7d7863f12a04ada0c35fa (patch)
tree7d21add72209e4df4a23f45d7dcdc827c2c7b92b
parentrcu: Make tiny RCU support leak callbacks for debug-object errors (diff)
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rcu: Document reason for rcu_all_qs() call to preempt_disable()
Given that rcu_all_qs() is in non-preemptible kernels, why on earth should it invoke preempt_disable()? This commit adds the reason, which is to work nicely with debugging enabled in CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y kernels. Reported-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@quicinc.com> Reported-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Reported-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 4152816dd29f..c46b3c74dad1 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ void rcu_all_qs(void)
if (!raw_cpu_read(rcu_data.rcu_urgent_qs))
return;
- preempt_disable();
+ preempt_disable(); // For CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y kernels
/* Load rcu_urgent_qs before other flags. */
if (!smp_load_acquire(this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data.rcu_urgent_qs))) {
preempt_enable();