rcu: Prohibit starting new grace periods while forcing quiescent states
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Mon, 4 Jan 2010 23:09:02 +0000 (15:09 -0800)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:06:02 +0000 (09:06 +0100)
commit07079d5357a4d53c2b13126c4a38fb40e6e04966
tree1a97552a220a9bbdfceb1cda01c1ee5b92ce75bd
parent559569acf94f538b56bd6eead80b439d6a78cdff
rcu: Prohibit starting new grace periods while forcing quiescent states

Reduce the number and variety of race conditions by prohibiting
the start of a new grace period while force_quiescent_state() is
active. A new fqs_active flag in the rcu_state structure is used
to trace whether or not force_quiescent_state() is active, and
this new flag is tested by rcu_start_gp().  If the CPU that
closed out the last grace period needs another grace period,
this new grace period may be delayed up to one scheduling-clock
tick, but it will eventually get started.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
kernel/rcutree.c
kernel/rcutree.h