This commit eliminates the new ->rcu_boosted field, using the pre-existing ->rcu_boost_mutex field in its place. This fixes a bug where rcu_copy_process() failed to clear ->rcu_boosted in the child process. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/sched.h | 3 --- kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 20 ++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff -urpNa -X dontdiff linux-3.0.1-rt9/include/linux/sched.h linux-3.0.1-rt9.patched//include/linux/sched.h --- linux-3.0.1-rt9/include/linux/sched.h 2011-08-12 14:22:22.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-3.0.1-rt9.patched//include/linux/sched.h 2011-08-12 14:32:18.000000000 -0700 @@ -1268,9 +1268,6 @@ struct task_struct { #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU int rcu_read_lock_nesting; char rcu_read_unlock_special; -#if defined(CONFIG_RCU_BOOST) && defined(CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU) - int rcu_boosted; -#endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_RCU_BOOST) && defined(CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU) */ struct list_head rcu_node_entry; #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU */ #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU diff -urpNa -X dontdiff linux-3.0.1-rt9/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h linux-3.0.1-rt9.patched//kernel/rcutree_plugin.h --- linux-3.0.1-rt9/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h 2011-08-12 14:22:24.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-3.0.1-rt9.patched//kernel/rcutree_plugin.h 2011-08-12 14:33:21.000000000 -0700 @@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ static noinline void rcu_read_unlock_spe int empty_exp; unsigned long flags; struct list_head *np; +#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST + struct rt_mutex *rbmp = NULL; +#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */ struct rcu_node *rnp; int special; @@ -344,6 +347,7 @@ static noinline void rcu_read_unlock_spe smp_mb(); /* ensure expedited fastpath sees end of RCU c-s. */ np = rcu_next_node_entry(t, rnp); list_del_init(&t->rcu_node_entry); + t->rcu_blocked_node = NULL; if (&t->rcu_node_entry == rnp->gp_tasks) rnp->gp_tasks = np; if (&t->rcu_node_entry == rnp->exp_tasks) @@ -351,13 +355,12 @@ static noinline void rcu_read_unlock_spe #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST if (&t->rcu_node_entry == rnp->boost_tasks) rnp->boost_tasks = np; - /* Snapshot and clear ->rcu_boosted with rcu_node lock held. */ - if (t->rcu_boosted) { - special |= RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BOOSTED; - t->rcu_boosted = 0; + /* Snapshot/clear ->rcu_boost_mutex with rcu_node lock held. */ + if (t->rcu_boost_mutex) { + rbmp = t->rcu_boost_mutex; + t->rcu_boost_mutex = NULL; } #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */ - t->rcu_blocked_node = NULL; /* * If this was the last task on the current list, and if @@ -371,10 +374,8 @@ static noinline void rcu_read_unlock_spe #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST /* Unboost if we were boosted. */ - if (special & RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BOOSTED) { - rt_mutex_unlock(t->rcu_boost_mutex); - t->rcu_boost_mutex = NULL; - } + if (rbmp) + rt_mutex_unlock(rbmp); #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */ /* @@ -1201,7 +1202,6 @@ static int rcu_boost(struct rcu_node *rn t = container_of(tb, struct task_struct, rcu_node_entry); rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked(&mtx, t); t->rcu_boost_mutex = &mtx; - t->rcu_boosted = 1; raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); rt_mutex_lock(&mtx); /* Side effect: boosts task t's priority. */ rt_mutex_unlock(&mtx); /* Keep lockdep happy. */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html