rcu: Remove rcu_needs_cpu_flush() to avoid false quiescent states
The purpose of rcu_needs_cpu_flush() was to iterate on pushing the current grace period in order to help the current CPU enter dyntick-idle mode. However, this can result in failures if the CPU starts entering dyntick-idle mode, but then backs out. In this case, the call to rcu_pending() from rcu_needs_cpu_flush() might end up announcing a non-existing quiescent state. This commit therefore removes rcu_needs_cpu_flush() in favor of letting the dyntick-idle machinery at the end of the softirq handler push the loop along via its call to rcu_pending(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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@@ -1528,9 +1528,6 @@ static void rcu_process_callbacks(struct softirq_action *unused)
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&__get_cpu_var(rcu_sched_data));
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__rcu_process_callbacks(&rcu_bh_state, &__get_cpu_var(rcu_bh_data));
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rcu_preempt_process_callbacks();
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/* If we are last CPU on way to dyntick-idle mode, accelerate it. */
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rcu_needs_cpu_flush();
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trace_rcu_utilization("End RCU core");
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}
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