On Tue, 2012-05-01 at 15:12 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > local_irq_save() is a stronger version or rcu_read_lock()
Not so, local_irq_save() doesn't at all stop regular RCU grace periods, things like preemptible rcu can be driven from rcu_read_unlock(). Note that this is the reason call_rcu_sched() exists and is used in this case. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
