From e90c53d3e238dd0b7b02964370e8fece1778df96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:29:32 -0700 Subject: 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 --- kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 25 ------------------------- 1 file changed, 25 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/rcutree_plugin.h') diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h index b4cbe5bf232..4b9b9f8a418 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h @@ -1948,15 +1948,6 @@ int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu) return rcu_needs_cpu_quick_check(cpu); } -/* - * Check to see if we need to continue a callback-flush operations to - * allow the last CPU to enter dyntick-idle mode. But fast dyntick-idle - * entry is not configured, so we never do need to. - */ -static void rcu_needs_cpu_flush(void) -{ -} - #else /* #if !defined(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ) */ #define RCU_NEEDS_CPU_FLUSHES 5 @@ -2032,20 +2023,4 @@ int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu) return c; } -/* - * Check to see if we need to continue a callback-flush operations to - * allow the last CPU to enter dyntick-idle mode. - */ -static void rcu_needs_cpu_flush(void) -{ - int cpu = smp_processor_id(); - unsigned long flags; - - if (per_cpu(rcu_dyntick_drain, cpu) <= 0) - return; - local_irq_save(flags); - (void)rcu_needs_cpu(cpu); - local_irq_restore(flags); -} - #endif /* #else #if !defined(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ) */ -- cgit v1.2.3