Re: [PATCH 0/3 v3] rcu: Detect rcu uses under extended quiescentstate

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 01:12 +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> This time I have no current practical cases to fix. Those I fixed
> in previous versions were actually using rcu_dereference_raw(), which
> is legal in extended qs.
> 
> Frederic Weisbecker (3):
>   rcu: Detect illegal rcu dereference in extended quiescent state
>   rcu: Inform the user about dynticks idle mode on PROVE_RCU warning
>   rcu: Warn when rcu_read_lock() is used in extended quiescent state
> 
>  include/linux/rcupdate.h |   68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  kernel/lockdep.c         |    4 +++
>  kernel/rcupdate.c        |    4 +++
>  kernel/rcutiny.c         |   13 +++++++++
>  kernel/rcutree.c         |   14 +++++++++
>  5 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Right, so the only comment I have is that it might have been nice to
explain what the heck an extended qs is :-) I've since figured it out,
but it did require waking up my brain.
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