linux/kernel
Paul E. McKenney 29e37d8141 rcu: Allow nesting of rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit()
Use of RCU in the idle loop is incorrect, quite a few instances of
just that have made their way into mainline, primarily event tracing.
The problem with RCU read-side critical sections on CPUs that RCU believes
to be idle is that RCU is completely ignoring the CPU, along with any
attempts and RCU read-side critical sections.

The approaches of eliminating the offending uses and of pushing the
definition of idle down beyond the offending uses have both proved
impractical.  The new approach is to encapsulate offending uses of RCU
with rcu_idle_exit() and rcu_idle_enter(), but this requires nesting
for code that is invoked both during idle and and during normal execution.
Therefore, this commit modifies rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit() to
permit nesting.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Acked-by: Deepthi Dharwar <deepthi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2012-02-21 09:06:12 -08:00
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debug module: struct module_ref should contains long fields 2012-01-13 09:32:14 +10:30
events perf: Fix double start/stop in x86_pmu_start() 2012-02-07 16:58:56 +01:00
gcov gcov: disable CONSTRUCTORS for UML 2011-07-26 16:49:45 -07:00
irq module_param: make bool parameters really bool (core code) 2012-01-13 09:32:18 +10:30
power PM / Freezer: Thaw only kernel threads if freezing of kernel threads fails 2012-02-04 22:23:05 +01:00
sched sched/rt: Fix task stack corruption under __ARCH_WANT_INTERRUPTS_ON_CTXSW 2012-01-27 12:49:41 +01:00
time Merge branch 'rcu/fixes-for-v3.2' into rcu/urgent 2012-01-16 09:41:18 -08:00
trace Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-01-15 11:26:35 -08:00
.gitignore
acct.c Merge branch 'for-linus2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-01-08 12:19:57 -08:00
async.c kernel/async: remove redundant declaration. 2012-01-13 09:32:18 +10:30
audit_tree.c audit_tree,rcu: Convert call_rcu(__put_tree) to kfree_rcu() 2011-07-20 14:10:11 -07:00
audit_watch.c kill path_lookup() 2011-03-14 09:15:23 -04:00
audit.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit 2012-01-17 16:41:31 -08:00
audit.h audit: remove AUDIT_SETUP_CONTEXT as it isn't used 2012-01-17 16:16:57 -05:00
auditfilter.c audit: allow interfield comparison in audit rules 2012-01-17 16:17:01 -05:00
auditsc.c kernel-doc: fix new warnings in auditsc.c 2012-01-23 08:44:53 -08:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c memcg: remove direct page_cgroup-to-page pointer 2011-03-23 19:46:28 -07:00
capability.c Revert "capabitlies: ns_capable can use the cap helpers rather than lsm call" 2012-01-17 10:19:41 -08:00
cgroup_freezer.c Merge branch 'for-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2012-01-09 12:59:24 -08:00
cgroup.c Merge branch 'for-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2012-01-09 12:59:24 -08:00
compat.c kernel: Fix files explicitly needing EXPORT_SYMBOL infrastructure 2011-10-31 19:30:05 -04:00
configs.c kernel/configs.c: include MODULE_*() when CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=n 2011-07-25 20:57:15 -07:00
cpu_pm.c cpu_pm: call notifiers during suspend 2011-09-23 12:05:29 +05:30
cpu.c Merge branch 'pm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm 2012-01-08 13:10:57 -08:00
cpuset.c Merge branch 'for-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2012-01-09 12:59:24 -08:00
crash_dump.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
cred.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
delayacct.c KVM: Steal time implementation 2011-07-14 12:59:14 +03:00
dma.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c sys_personality: remove the bogus checks in sys_personality()->__set_personality() path 2010-08-09 20:45:05 -07:00
exit.c sched: Fix ancient race in do_exit() 2012-01-27 11:55:36 +01:00
extable.c extable, core_kernel_data(): Make sure all archs define _sdata 2011-05-20 08:56:56 +02:00
fork.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2012-02-11 10:07:11 -08:00
freezer.c freezer: kill unused set_freezable_with_signal() 2011-11-23 09:28:17 -08:00
futex_compat.c userns: user namespaces: convert several capable() calls 2011-03-23 19:47:08 -07:00
futex.c futex: Fix uninterruptible loop due to gate_area 2011-12-31 11:48:28 -08:00
groups.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
hrtimer.c Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2011-11-28 08:43:52 -08:00
hung_task.c hung_task: fix false positive during vfork 2012-01-03 16:14:32 -08:00
irq_work.c kernel: fix two implicit header assumptions in irq_work.c 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
itimer.c [S390] cputime: add sparse checking and cleanup 2011-12-15 14:56:19 +01:00
jump_label.c Merge remote-tracking branch 'tip/perf/core' into kvm-updates/3.3 2011-12-27 11:22:24 +02:00
kallsyms.c Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2011-03-25 17:52:22 -07:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks arch:Kconfig.locks Remove unused config option. 2011-04-10 17:01:05 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt sched: Isolate preempt counting in its own config option 2011-06-10 15:15:40 +02:00
kexec.c kdump: crashk_res init check for /sys/kernel/kexec_crash_size 2012-01-12 20:13:11 -08:00
kfifo.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
kmod.c Merge branch 'pm-sleep' into pm-for-linus 2011-12-25 23:42:20 +01:00
kprobes.c kprobes: fix a memory leak in function pre_handler_kretprobe() 2012-02-03 16:16:41 -08:00
ksysfs.c kernel: ksysfs.c is implicitly using stat.h 2011-10-31 09:20:13 -04:00
kthread.c freezer: kill unused set_freezable_with_signal() 2011-11-23 09:28:17 -08:00
latencytop.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c lockdep: Add CPU-idle/offline warning to lockdep-RCU splat 2012-02-21 09:06:06 -08:00
Makefile PM: Make sysrq-o be available for CONFIG_PM unset 2012-01-14 00:33:03 +01:00
module.c error: implicit declaration of function 'module_flags_taint' 2012-01-15 16:21:07 -08:00
mutex-debug.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
mutex-debug.h mutex: Use p->on_cpu for the adaptive spin 2011-04-14 08:52:33 +02:00
mutex.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
mutex.h mutex: Use p->on_cpu for the adaptive spin 2011-04-14 08:52:33 +02:00
notifier.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
nsproxy.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
padata.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
panic.c panic: don't print redundant backtraces on oops 2012-01-12 20:13:11 -08:00
params.c module: make module param bint handle nul value 2012-02-14 11:02:15 +10:30
pid_namespace.c sysctl: add the kernel.ns_last_pid control 2012-01-12 20:13:11 -08:00
pid.c sysctl: add the kernel.ns_last_pid control 2012-01-12 20:13:11 -08:00
posix-cpu-timers.c [S390] cputime: add sparse checking and cleanup 2011-12-15 14:56:19 +01:00
posix-timers.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
printk.c module_param: make bool parameters really bool (core code) 2012-01-13 09:32:18 +10:30
profile.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
ptrace.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://selinuxproject.org/~jmorris/linux-security 2012-01-14 18:36:33 -08:00
range.c range: fix bogus misuse of module.h to get printk() 2011-10-31 09:20:11 -04:00
rcu.h rcu: Allow nesting of rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit() 2012-02-21 09:06:12 -08:00
rcupdate.c rcu: Check for illegal use of RCU from offlined CPUs 2012-02-21 09:06:03 -08:00
rcutiny_plugin.h rcu: Simplify unboosting checks 2012-02-21 09:03:43 -08:00
rcutiny.c rcu: Allow nesting of rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit() 2012-02-21 09:06:12 -08:00
rcutorture.c PTR_ERR should be called before its argument is cleared. 2012-02-21 09:06:10 -08:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitives 2012-02-21 09:06:08 -08:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: Rework detection of use of RCU by offline CPUs 2012-02-21 09:06:07 -08:00
rcutree.c rcu: Allow nesting of rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit() 2012-02-21 09:06:12 -08:00
rcutree.h rcu: Rework detection of use of RCU by offline CPUs 2012-02-21 09:06:07 -08:00
relay.c relay: prevent integer overflow in relay_open() 2012-02-10 09:04:49 +01:00
res_counter.c net: introduce res_counter_charge_nofail() for socket allocations 2012-01-22 15:08:46 -05:00
resource.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
rtmutex_common.h rtmutex: Simplify PI algorithm and make highest prio task get lock 2011-01-27 21:13:51 -05:00
rtmutex-debug.c lockdep, rtmutex, bug: Show taint flags on error 2011-12-06 08:16:49 +01:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c rtmutex-tester: convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem 2011-12-14 14:54:22 -08:00
rtmutex.c Revert "rcu: Permit rt_mutex_unlock() with irqs disabled" 2011-12-11 10:33:18 -08:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
seccomp.c seccomp: audit abnormal end to a process due to seccomp 2012-01-17 16:16:55 -05:00
semaphore.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
signal.c user namespace: make signal.c respect user namespaces 2012-01-10 16:30:54 -08:00
smp.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
softirq.c rcu: Fix early call to rcu_idle_enter() 2011-12-11 10:31:38 -08:00
spinlock.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
srcu.c rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitives 2012-02-21 09:06:08 -08:00
stacktrace.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
stop_machine.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
sys_ni.c Cross Memory Attach 2011-10-31 17:30:44 -07:00
sys.c c/r: prctl: add PR_SET_MM codes to set up mm_struct entries 2012-01-12 20:13:13 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c binary_sysctl(): fix memory leak 2011-12-20 10:25:04 -08:00
sysctl_check.c xfs: remove subdirectories 2011-08-12 16:21:35 -05:00
sysctl.c x86: Panic on detection of stack overflow 2011-12-05 11:37:47 +01:00
taskstats.c Make TASKSTATS require root access 2011-09-19 17:04:37 -07:00
test_kprobes.c kprobes: Fix selftest to clear flags field for reusing probes 2010-10-14 08:55:27 +02:00
time.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c Merge branch 'core-debugobjects-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-01-06 07:53:34 -08:00
tracepoint.c tracepoints/module: Fix disabling tracepoints with taint CRAP or OOT 2012-01-16 11:35:57 -05:00
tsacct.c [S390] cputime: add sparse checking and cleanup 2011-12-15 14:56:19 +01:00
uid16.c userns: user namespaces: convert several capable() calls 2011-03-23 19:47:08 -07:00
up.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user_namespace.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user-return-notifier.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
utsname_sysctl.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
utsname.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
wait.c lockdep/waitqueues: Add better annotation 2011-12-21 10:07:39 +01:00
watchdog.c bugs, x86: Fix printk levels for panic, softlockups and stack dumps 2012-01-26 21:28:45 +01:00
workqueue_sched.h
workqueue.c workqueue: make alloc_workqueue() take printf fmt and args for name 2012-01-10 16:30:54 -08:00