rcu/tree: Skip entry into the page allocator for PREEMPT_RT
authorJoel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Mon, 25 May 2020 21:47:46 +0000 (23:47 +0200)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:59:25 +0000 (11:59 -0700)
commit4d2919411867848fab78c7cb13139e17ad8b85bc
treeb4d1045ad548eecabdc041cfa4d6657cf6397eed
parent8ac88f7177c75bf9b7b8c29a8054115e1c712baf
rcu/tree: Skip entry into the page allocator for PREEMPT_RT

To keep the kfree_rcu() code working in purely atomic sections on RT,
such as non-threaded IRQ handlers and raw spinlock sections, avoid
calling into the page allocator which uses sleeping locks on RT.

In fact, even if the  caller is preemptible, the kfree_rcu() code is
not, as the krcp->lock is a raw spinlock.

Calling into the page allocator is optional and avoiding it should be
Ok, especially with the page pre-allocation support in future patches.
Such pre-allocation would further avoid the a need for a dynamically
allocated page in the first place.

Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
kernel/rcu/tree.c