}
/* Callback function for scheduler to check locked-down task. */
-static bool trc_inspect_reader(struct task_struct *t, void *arg)
+static int trc_inspect_reader(struct task_struct *t, void *arg)
{
int cpu = task_cpu(t);
- bool in_qs = false;
+ int nesting;
bool ofl = cpu_is_offline(cpu);
if (task_curr(t)) {
n_heavy_reader_updates++;
if (ofl)
n_heavy_reader_ofl_updates++;
- in_qs = true;
+ nesting = 0;
} else {
// The task is not running, so C-language access is safe.
- in_qs = likely(!t->trc_reader_nesting);
+ nesting = t->trc_reader_nesting;
}
- // Mark as checked so that the grace-period kthread will
- // remove it from the holdout list.
- t->trc_reader_checked = true;
-
- if (in_qs)
- return 0; // Already in quiescent state, done!!!
+ // If not exiting a read-side critical section, mark as checked
+ // so that the grace-period kthread will remove it from the
+ // holdout list.
+ t->trc_reader_checked = nesting >= 0;
+ if (nesting <= 0)
- return !nesting; // If in QS, done, otherwise try again later.
++ return nesting ? -EINVAL : 0; // If in QS, done, otherwise try again later.
// The task is in a read-side critical section, so set up its
// state so that it will awaken the grace-period kthread upon exit