* Paul E. McKenney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > >           preempt_disable();
> > >           if (current->rcu_read_lock_nesting++ == 0) {
> > >                   current->rcu_read_lock_ptr =
> > >                           &__get_cpu_var(rcu_data).lock;
> > >                   read_lock(current->rcu_read_lock_ptr);
> > >           }
> > >           preempt_enable();

> My current thought is that the preempt_disable()/preempt_enable() can
> be dropped entirely.  Messes up any tool that browses through
> ->rcu_read_lock_nesting, but don't see any other problem.  Yet,
> anyway!

yeah - this sounds good. (We are not aiming for irq-safe RCU anyway, on
PREEMPT_RT.)

        Ingo
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