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rcu: Make TASKS_RCU handle nohz_full= CPUs

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Currently TASKS_RCU would ignore a CPU running a task in nohz_full=
usermode execution.  There would be neither a context switch nor a
scheduling-clock interrupt to tell TASKS_RCU that the task in question
had passed through a quiescent state.  The grace period would therefore
extend indefinitely.  This commit therefore makes RCU's dyntick-idle
subsystem record the task_struct structure of the task that is running
in dyntick-idle mode on each CPU.  The TASKS_RCU grace period can
then access this information and record a quiescent state on
behalf of any CPU running in dyntick-idle usermode.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Paul E. McKenney
2014-08-04 17:43:50 -07:00
parent 84a8f446ff
commit 176f8f7a52
6 changed files with 27 additions and 2 deletions
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@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ extern struct group_info init_groups;
#define INIT_TASK_RCU_TASKS(tsk) \
.rcu_tasks_holdout = false, \
.rcu_tasks_holdout_list = \
LIST_HEAD_INIT(tsk.rcu_tasks_holdout_list),
LIST_HEAD_INIT(tsk.rcu_tasks_holdout_list), \
.rcu_tasks_idle_cpu = -1,
#else
#define INIT_TASK_RCU_TASKS(tsk)
#endif