On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 10:49:03AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:47:32 +0100 > Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > These helpers are macros because of header-hell; they're placed here > > because of the proximity to nmi_{enter,exit{(). ^^^^ > > +#define trace_rcu_enter() \ > > +({ \ > > + unsigned long state = 0; \ > > + if (!rcu_is_watching()) { \ > > + rcu_irq_enter_irqsave(); \ > > + state = 1; \ > > + } \ > > + state; \ > > +}) > > + > > +#define trace_rcu_exit(state) \ > > +do { \ > > + if (state) \ > > + rcu_irq_exit_irqsave(); \ > > +} while (0) > > + > > Is there a reason that these can't be static __always_inline functions? It can be done, but then we need fwd declarations of those RCU functions somewhere outside of rcupdate.h. It's all a bit of a mess.