Re: [PATCH v9 4/7] tracepoint: Make rcuidle tracepoint callers use SRCU

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:49:54 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 11:21:46AM -0700, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> > -		it_func_ptr = rcu_dereference_sched((tp)->funcs);	\  
> 
> I would convert to rcu_dereference_raw() to appease sparse. The fancy
> stuff below is pointless if you then turn off all checking.

The problem with doing this is if we use a trace event without the
proper _idle() or whatever, we wont get a warning that it is used
incorrectly with lockdep. Or does lockdep still check if "rcu is
watching" with rcu_dereference_raw()?

-- Steve

> 
> > +									\
> > +		/*							\
> > +		 * For rcuidle callers, use srcu since sched-rcu	\
> > +		 * doesn't work from the idle path.			\
> > +		 */							\
> > +		if (rcuidle) {						\
> > +			if (in_nmi()) {					\
> > +				WARN_ON_ONCE(1);			\
> > +				return; /* no srcu from nmi */		\
> > +			}						\
> > +									\
> > +			idx = srcu_read_lock_notrace(&tracepoint_srcu);	\
> > +			it_func_ptr =					\
> > +				srcu_dereference_notrace((tp)->funcs,	\
> > +						&tracepoint_srcu);	\
> > +			/* To keep it consistent with !rcuidle path */	\
> > +			preempt_disable_notrace();			\
> > +		} else {						\
> > +			rcu_read_lock_sched_notrace();			\
> > +			it_func_ptr =					\
> > +				rcu_dereference_sched((tp)->funcs);	\
> > +		}							\  

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kselftest" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Wireless]     [Linux Kernel]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Share Photos]     [IDE]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [Samba]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux