kernel/include/linux/rcupdate.h, branch linux-3.19.y

Merge branch 'rcu/next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu

2014-11-20T07:57:58Z

Pull RCU updates from Paul E. McKenney: - Streamline RCU's use of per-CPU variables, shifting from "cpu" arguments to functions to "this_"-style per-CPU variable accessors. - Signal-handling RCU updates. - Real-time updates. - Torture-test updates. - Miscellaneous fixes. - Documentation updates. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge branches 'torture.2014.11.03a', 'cpu.2014.11.03a', 'doc.2014.11.13a', 'fixes.2014.11.13a', 'signal.2014.10.29a' and 'rt.2014.10.29a' into HEAD

2014-11-13T18:39:04Z

cpu.2014.11.03a: Changes for per-CPU variables. doc.2014.11.13a: Documentation updates. fixes.2014.11.13a: Miscellaneous fixes. signal.2014.10.29a: Signal changes. rt.2014.10.29a: Real-time changes. torture.2014.11.03a: torture-test changes.

rcu: More info about potential deadlocks with rcu_read_unlock()

2014-11-13T18:35:40Z

The comment above rcu_read_unlock() explains the potential deadlock if the caller holds one of the locks taken by rt_mutex_unlock() paths, but it is not clear from this documentation that any lock which can be taken from interrupt can lead to deadlock as well and we need to take rt_mutex_lock() into account too. The problem is that rt_mutex_lock() takes wait_lock without disabling irqs, and thus an interrupt taking some LOCK can obviously race with rcu_read_unlock_special() called with the same LOCK held. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Optimize cond_resched_rcu_qs()

2014-11-13T18:35:39Z

The current implementation of cond_resched_rcu_qs() can invoke rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch() twice in the should_resched() case, once via the call to __schedule() and once directly. However, as noted by Joe Lawrence in a patch to the team subsystem, cond_resched() returns an indication as to whether or not the call to __schedule() actually happened. This commit therefore changes cond_resched_rcu_qs() so as to invoke rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch() only when __schedule() was not called. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Add sparse check for RCU_INIT_POINTER()

2014-11-13T18:35:38Z

Add a sparse check when RCU_INIT_POINTER() is used to assign a non __rcu annotated pointer. Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Remove "cpu" argument to rcu_needs_cpu()

2014-11-04T03:20:43Z

The "cpu" argument to rcu_needs_cpu() is always the current CPU, so drop it. This in turn allows the "cpu" argument to rcu_cpu_has_callbacks() to be removed, which allows the uses of "cpu" in both functions to be replaced with a this_cpu_ptr(). Again, the anticipated cross-CPU uses of these functions has been replaced by NO_HZ_FULL. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Pranith Kumar

rcu: Remove "cpu" argument to rcu_check_callbacks()

2014-11-04T03:20:11Z

The "cpu" argument was kept around on the off-chance that RCU might offload scheduler-clock interrupts. However, this offload approach has been replaced by NO_HZ_FULL, which offloads -all- RCU processing from qualifying CPUs. It is therefore time to remove the "cpu" argument to rcu_check_callbacks(), which this commit does. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Pranith Kumar

rcu: Remove redundant TREE_PREEMPT_RCU config option

2014-10-29T17:20:05Z

PREEMPT_RCU and TREE_PREEMPT_RCU serve the same function after TINY_PREEMPT_RCU has been removed. This patch removes TREE_PREEMPT_RCU and uses PREEMPT_RCU config option in its place. Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Provide counterpart to rcu_dereference() for non-RCU situations

2014-10-28T22:25:17Z

Although rcu_dereference() and friends can be used in situations where object lifetimes are being managed by something other than RCU, the resulting sparse and lockdep-RCU noise can be annoying. This commit therefore supplies a lockless_dereference(), which provides the protection for dereferences without the RCU-related debugging noise. Reported-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: Al Viro

rcutorture: Rename rcutorture_runnable parameter

2014-09-16T20:41:44Z

This commit changes rcutorture_runnable to torture_runnable, which is consistent with the names of the other parameters and is a bit shorter as well. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney