On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 04:33:16AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 06:52:35AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 01:13:03PM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > > This question was probably intended for other folks, but I should point
> > > out that idle tasks *do* invoke the scheduler. cpu_idle_loop() calls
> > > schedule_preempt_disabled().
> >
> > Right, but that doesn't matter I think. The below will simply not call
> > rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch() from the idle task, which would be
> > fine I think.
> >
> > > > So is the following a sensible approach, or should I look elsewhere?
> > > >
> > > > #define cond_resched_rcu_qs() \
> > > > do { \
> > > > if (!is_idle_task(current) && !cond_resched()) \
> > > > rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(current); \
> >
> > You should reverse your conditions though:
> >
> > if (!cond_resched() && !is_idle_task(current))
> > rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(current);
> >
> > That way we'll still do cond_resched() and you only gate the RCU call.
>
> This makes it illegal at early boot.
Humm, how early are we talking?
