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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2011-08-20 18:29:32 -0700
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2011-09-28 21:38:48 -0700
commite90c53d3e238dd0b7b02964370e8fece1778df96 (patch)
tree23e5b8623c2c37bd8a4656c66266209872f80701 /kernel/rcutree.c
parent5b61b0baa9e80289c53413e573befc5790a04ac7 (diff)
downloadlinux-e90c53d3e238dd0b7b02964370e8fece1778df96.tar.bz2
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 <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcutree.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcutree.c3
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 8455043c9250..e75df0c93abd 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -1528,9 +1528,6 @@ static void rcu_process_callbacks(struct softirq_action *unused)
&__get_cpu_var(rcu_sched_data));
__rcu_process_callbacks(&rcu_bh_state, &__get_cpu_var(rcu_bh_data));
rcu_preempt_process_callbacks();
-
- /* If we are last CPU on way to dyntick-idle mode, accelerate it. */
- rcu_needs_cpu_flush();
trace_rcu_utilization("End RCU core");
}