From b4270ee356e5ecef5394ab80c0a0301c1676b7f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:12:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Permit RCU_NONIDLE() to be used from interrupt context There is a need to use RCU from interrupt context, but either before rcu_irq_enter() is called or after rcu_irq_exit() is called. If the interrupt occurs from idle, then lockdep-RCU will complain about such uses, as they appear to be illegal uses of RCU from the idle loop. In other environments, RCU_NONIDLE() could be used to properly protect the use of RCU, but RCU_NONIDLE() currently cannot be invoked except from process context. This commit therefore modifies RCU_NONIDLE() to permit its use more globally. Reported-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- include/linux/rcupdate.h | 6 ++---- kernel/rcutiny.c | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h index 115ead2..0fbbd52 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h @@ -210,14 +210,12 @@ extern void exit_rcu(void); * to nest RCU_NONIDLE() wrappers, but the nesting level is currently * quite limited. If deeper nesting is required, it will be necessary * to adjust DYNTICK_TASK_NESTING_VALUE accordingly. - * - * This macro may be used from process-level code only. */ #define RCU_NONIDLE(a) \ do { \ - rcu_idle_exit(); \ + rcu_irq_enter(); \ do { a; } while (0); \ - rcu_idle_enter(); \ + rcu_irq_exit(); \ } while (0) /* diff --git a/kernel/rcutiny.c b/kernel/rcutiny.c index e4163c5..2e073a2 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutiny.c +++ b/kernel/rcutiny.c @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ void rcu_irq_exit(void) rcu_idle_enter_common(newval); local_irq_restore(flags); } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_irq_exit); /* Common code for rcu_idle_exit() and rcu_irq_enter(), see kernel/rcutree.c. */ static void rcu_idle_exit_common(long long oldval) @@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ void rcu_irq_enter(void) rcu_idle_exit_common(oldval); local_irq_restore(flags); } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_irq_enter); #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC -- 2.7.4