Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix abnormal rcu dynticks_nesting values related toasync page fault

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Tue Nov 27 2012 - 10:34:21 EST


2012/11/27 Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 01:15:25PM +0800, Li Zhong wrote:
>> @@ -247,10 +247,17 @@ do_async_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
>> break;
>> case KVM_PV_REASON_PAGE_NOT_PRESENT:
>> /* page is swapped out by the host. */
>> - rcu_irq_enter();
>> + if (is_idle_task(current) && rcu_is_cpu_idle())
>> + rcu_idle_exit();
>> + else
>> + rcu_user_exit();
>> +
>> exit_idle();
>> kvm_async_pf_task_wait((u32)read_cr2());
>> - rcu_irq_exit();
>> +
>> + if (is_idle_task(current) && rcu_is_cpu_idle())
>> + rcu_idle_enter();
>> +
>> break;
>> case KVM_PV_REASON_PAGE_READY:
>> rcu_irq_enter();
> Those rcu_irq_enter()/rcu_irq_exit() were introduced by commit
> c5e015d4949aa665 "KVM guest: exit idleness when handling
> KVM_PV_REASON_PAGE_NOT_PRESENT",

Ah!

$ git name-rev c5e015d4949aa665
c5e015d4949aa665 remotes/tip/core/locking~3^2

Ok so that's not in -rcu. That's why I missed it.
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