Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] sched: Add cond_resched_rcu_lock() helper

[Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>]

	Hello,

On Thu, 2 May 2013, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

> mainline, and missed the one that you added.  Revisiting that, a
> question:
> 
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
> > +#define PREEMPT_RCU_OFFSET     1
> 
> Does this really want to be "1" instead of PREEMPT_OFFSET?

	In this case when CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU is enabled
we (RCU) do not touch the preempt counters. Instead, the units
are accounted in current->rcu_read_lock_nesting:

#define rcu_preempt_depth() (current->rcu_read_lock_nesting)

__rcu_read_lock:
	current->rcu_read_lock_nesting++;

	and the path is __might_sleep -> preempt_count_equals ->
rcu_preempt_depth

	For now both places do not use PREEMPT_OFFSET:

- #define inc_preempt_count() add_preempt_count(1)
- __rcu_read_lock: current->rcu_read_lock_nesting++;

	so, ... it does not matter much for me. In short,
the trick is in preempt_count_equals() where preempt_offset
is a combination of preempt count and RCU preempt depth:

#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
#define PREEMPT_RCU_OFFSET      (0 /* preempt */ + 1 /* RCU */)
#else
#define PREEMPT_RCU_OFFSET      (PREEMPT_CHECK_OFFSET + 0 /* RCU */)
#endif

	Let me know for your preference about this definition...

Regards

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Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>