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Commit 1f815fae authored by Ingo Molnar's avatar Ingo Molnar
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Merge branch 'linus' into timers/urgent



Merge in Linus's branch which already has timers/core merged.

Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
parents b44d50dc e2b34e31
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@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
		when publicizing a pointer to a structure that can
		be traversed by an RCU read-side critical section.

5.	If call_rcu(), or a related primitive such as call_rcu_bh() or
	call_rcu_sched(), is used, the callback function must be
	written to be called from softirq context.  In particular,
5.	If call_rcu(), or a related primitive such as call_rcu_bh(),
	call_rcu_sched(), or call_srcu() is used, the callback function
	must be written to be called from softirq context.  In particular,
	it cannot block.

6.	Since synchronize_rcu() can block, it cannot be called from
@@ -202,11 +202,12 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
	updater uses call_rcu_sched() or synchronize_sched(), then
	the corresponding readers must disable preemption, possibly
	by calling rcu_read_lock_sched() and rcu_read_unlock_sched().
	If the updater uses synchronize_srcu(), the the corresponding
	readers must use srcu_read_lock() and srcu_read_unlock(),
	and with the same srcu_struct.	The rules for the expedited
	primitives are the same as for their non-expedited counterparts.
	Mixing things up will result in confusion and broken kernels.
	If the updater uses synchronize_srcu() or call_srcu(),
	the the corresponding readers must use srcu_read_lock() and
	srcu_read_unlock(), and with the same srcu_struct.  The rules for
	the expedited primitives are the same as for their non-expedited
	counterparts.  Mixing things up will result in confusion and
	broken kernels.

	One exception to this rule: rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock()
	may be substituted for rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_unlock_bh()
@@ -333,14 +334,14 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
	victim CPU from ever going offline.)

14.	SRCU (srcu_read_lock(), srcu_read_unlock(), srcu_dereference(),
	synchronize_srcu(), and synchronize_srcu_expedited()) may only
	be invoked from process context.  Unlike other forms of RCU, it
	-is- permissible to block in an SRCU read-side critical section
	(demarked by srcu_read_lock() and srcu_read_unlock()), hence the
	"SRCU": "sleepable RCU".  Please note that if you don't need
	to sleep in read-side critical sections, you should be using
	RCU rather than SRCU, because RCU is almost always faster and
	easier to use than is SRCU.
	synchronize_srcu(), synchronize_srcu_expedited(), and call_srcu())
	may only be invoked from process context.  Unlike other forms of
	RCU, it -is- permissible to block in an SRCU read-side critical
	section (demarked by srcu_read_lock() and srcu_read_unlock()),
	hence the "SRCU": "sleepable RCU".  Please note that if you
	don't need to sleep in read-side critical sections, you should be
	using RCU rather than SRCU, because RCU is almost always faster
	and easier to use than is SRCU.

	If you need to enter your read-side critical section in a
	hardirq or exception handler, and then exit that same read-side
@@ -353,8 +354,8 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
	cleanup_srcu_struct().	These are passed a "struct srcu_struct"
	that defines the scope of a given SRCU domain.	Once initialized,
	the srcu_struct is passed to srcu_read_lock(), srcu_read_unlock()
	synchronize_srcu(), and synchronize_srcu_expedited().  A given
	synchronize_srcu() waits only for SRCU read-side critical
	synchronize_srcu(), synchronize_srcu_expedited(), and call_srcu().
	A given synchronize_srcu() waits only for SRCU read-side critical
	sections governed by srcu_read_lock() and srcu_read_unlock()
	calls that have been passed the same srcu_struct.  This property
	is what makes sleeping read-side critical sections tolerable --
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
	requiring SRCU's read-side deadlock immunity or low read-side
	realtime latency.

	Note that, rcu_assign_pointer() relates to SRCU just as they do
	Note that, rcu_assign_pointer() relates to SRCU just as it does
	to other forms of RCU.

15.	The whole point of call_rcu(), synchronize_rcu(), and friends
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@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ complete. Pseudo-code using rcu_barrier() is as follows:
   2. Execute rcu_barrier().
   3. Allow the module to be unloaded.

Quick Quiz #1: Why is there no srcu_barrier()?

The rcutorture module makes use of rcu_barrier in its exit function
as follows:

@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@ for any pre-existing callbacks to complete.
Then lines 55-62 print status and do operation-specific cleanup, and
then return, permitting the module-unload operation to be completed.

Quick Quiz #2: Is there any other situation where rcu_barrier() might
Quick Quiz #1: Is there any other situation where rcu_barrier() might
	be required?

Your module might have additional complications. For example, if your
@@ -242,7 +240,7 @@ reaches zero, as follows:
 4 complete(&rcu_barrier_completion);
 5 }

Quick Quiz #3: What happens if CPU 0's rcu_barrier_func() executes
Quick Quiz #2: What happens if CPU 0's rcu_barrier_func() executes
	immediately (thus incrementing rcu_barrier_cpu_count to the
	value one), but the other CPU's rcu_barrier_func() invocations
	are delayed for a full grace period? Couldn't this result in
@@ -259,12 +257,7 @@ so that your module may be safely unloaded.

Answers to Quick Quizzes

Quick Quiz #1: Why is there no srcu_barrier()?

Answer: Since there is no call_srcu(), there can be no outstanding SRCU
	callbacks. Therefore, there is no need to wait for them.

Quick Quiz #2: Is there any other situation where rcu_barrier() might
Quick Quiz #1: Is there any other situation where rcu_barrier() might
	be required?

Answer: Interestingly enough, rcu_barrier() was not originally
@@ -278,7 +271,7 @@ Answer: Interestingly enough, rcu_barrier() was not originally
	implementing rcutorture, and found that rcu_barrier() solves
	this problem as well.

Quick Quiz #3: What happens if CPU 0's rcu_barrier_func() executes
Quick Quiz #2: What happens if CPU 0's rcu_barrier_func() executes
	immediately (thus incrementing rcu_barrier_cpu_count to the
	value one), but the other CPU's rcu_barrier_func() invocations
	are delayed for a full grace period? Couldn't this result in
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@@ -174,11 +174,20 @@ torture_type The type of RCU to test, with string values as follows:
			and synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited().

		"srcu": srcu_read_lock(), srcu_read_unlock() and
			call_srcu().

		"srcu_sync": srcu_read_lock(), srcu_read_unlock() and
			synchronize_srcu().

		"srcu_expedited": srcu_read_lock(), srcu_read_unlock() and
			synchronize_srcu_expedited().

		"srcu_raw": srcu_read_lock_raw(), srcu_read_unlock_raw(),
			and call_srcu().

		"srcu_raw_sync": srcu_read_lock_raw(), srcu_read_unlock_raw(),
			and synchronize_srcu().

		"sched": preempt_disable(), preempt_enable(), and
			call_rcu_sched().

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@@ -833,9 +833,9 @@ sched: Critical sections Grace period Barrier

SRCU:	Critical sections	Grace period		Barrier

	srcu_read_lock		synchronize_srcu	N/A
	srcu_read_unlock	synchronize_srcu_expedited
	srcu_read_lock_raw
	srcu_read_lock		synchronize_srcu	srcu_barrier
	srcu_read_unlock	call_srcu
	srcu_read_lock_raw	synchronize_srcu_expedited
	srcu_read_unlock_raw
	srcu_dereference

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@@ -1626,3 +1626,5 @@ MX6Q_PAD_SD2_DAT3__PCIE_CTRL_MUX_11 1587
MX6Q_PAD_SD2_DAT3__GPIO_1_12			1588
MX6Q_PAD_SD2_DAT3__SJC_DONE			1589
MX6Q_PAD_SD2_DAT3__ANATOP_TESTO_3		1590
MX6Q_PAD_ENET_RX_ER__ANATOP_USBOTG_ID		1591
MX6Q_PAD_GPIO_1__ANATOP_USBOTG_ID		1592
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