From: Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@oracle.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: peterz@infradead.org, tglx@linutronix.de, paulmck@kernel.org,
mingo@kernel.org, bigeasy@linutronix.de, juri.lelli@redhat.com,
vincent.guittot@linaro.org, dietmar.eggemann@arm.com,
rostedt@goodmis.org, bsegall@google.com, mgorman@suse.de,
vschneid@redhat.com, frederic@kernel.org,
ankur.a.arora@oracle.com, efault@gmx.de, sshegde@linux.ibm.com,
boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/7] sched: update __cond_resched comment about RCU quiescent states
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:06:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241213040658.2282640-4-ankur.a.arora@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241213040658.2282640-1-ankur.a.arora@oracle.com>
Update comment in __cond_resched() clarifying how urgently needed
quiescent state are provided.
Signed-off-by: Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@oracle.com>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index c6d8232ad9ee..4be3e4f2e54d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7281,7 +7281,7 @@ int __sched __cond_resched(void)
return 1;
}
/*
- * In preemptible kernels, ->rcu_read_lock_nesting tells the tick
+ * In PREEMPT_RCU kernels, ->rcu_read_lock_nesting tells the tick
* whether the current CPU is in an RCU read-side critical section,
* so the tick can report quiescent states even for CPUs looping
* in kernel context. In contrast, in non-preemptible kernels,
@@ -7290,6 +7290,8 @@ int __sched __cond_resched(void)
* RCU quiescent state. Therefore, the following code causes
* cond_resched() to report a quiescent state, but only when RCU
* is in urgent need of one.
+ * A third case, preemptible, but non-PREEMPT_RCU provides for
+ * urgently needed quiescent states via rcu_flavor_sched_clock_irq().
*/
#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
rcu_all_qs();
--
2.43.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-12-13 4:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-12-13 4:06 [PATCH v3 0/7] RCU changes for PREEMPT_LAZY Ankur Arora
2024-12-13 4:06 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] rcu: fix header guard for rcu_all_qs() Ankur Arora
2024-12-13 4:06 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] rcu: rename PREEMPT_AUTO to PREEMPT_LAZY Ankur Arora
2024-12-13 4:06 ` Ankur Arora [this message]
2024-12-13 13:21 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] sched: update __cond_resched comment about RCU quiescent states Frederic Weisbecker
2024-12-13 4:06 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] rcu: handle unstable rdp in rcu_read_unlock_strict() Ankur Arora
2024-12-13 13:38 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2024-12-13 4:06 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] rcu: handle quiescent states for PREEMPT_RCU=n, PREEMPT_COUNT=y Ankur Arora
2024-12-13 13:59 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2024-12-13 20:44 ` Ankur Arora
2024-12-13 4:06 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] osnoise: provide quiescent states Ankur Arora
2024-12-13 14:34 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2024-12-13 4:06 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] rcu: limit PREEMPT_RCU configurations Ankur Arora
2025-01-08 1:14 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] RCU changes for PREEMPT_LAZY Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-08 18:18 ` Ankur Arora
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