[PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 2/7] rcu: Irq nesting is always 0 on rcu_enter_idle_common

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Sat Dec 03 2011 - 13:36:04 EST


From: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>

Because tasks don't nest, the ->dyntick_nesting must always be zero upon
entry to rcu_idle_enter_common(). Therefore, pass "0" rather than the
counter itself.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcutree.c | 5 ++---
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 860c02c..c0ed376 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -350,12 +350,11 @@ static int rcu_implicit_offline_qs(struct rcu_data *rdp)
*/
static void rcu_idle_enter_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval)
{
- trace_rcu_dyntick("Start", oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
+ trace_rcu_dyntick("Start", oldval, 0);
if (!is_idle_task(current)) {
struct task_struct *idle = idle_task(smp_processor_id());

- trace_rcu_dyntick("Error on entry: not idle task",
- oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
+ trace_rcu_dyntick("Error on entry: not idle task", oldval, 0);
ftrace_dump(DUMP_ALL);
WARN_ONCE(1, "Current pid: %d comm: %s / Idle pid: %d comm: %s",
current->pid, current->comm,
--
1.7.3.2

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