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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


  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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