Current rcu_idle_exit() is terminally broken because it uses local_irq_{save,restore}(), which are traced which uses RCU. However, now that all the callers are sure to have IRQs disabled, we can remove these calls. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static noinstr void rcu_eqs_enter(bool u * If you add or remove a call to rcu_idle_enter(), be sure to test with * CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG=y. */ -void rcu_idle_enter(void) +void noinstr rcu_idle_enter(void) { lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled(); rcu_eqs_enter(false); @@ -896,13 +896,10 @@ static void noinstr rcu_eqs_exit(bool us * If you add or remove a call to rcu_idle_exit(), be sure to test with * CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG=y. */ -void rcu_idle_exit(void) +void noinstr rcu_idle_exit(void) { - unsigned long flags; - - local_irq_save(flags); + lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled(); rcu_eqs_exit(false); - local_irq_restore(flags); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_exit); _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization