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author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2022-08-03 12:38:51 -0700 |
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committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2022-08-31 05:08:08 -0700 |
commit | 6c502b14ba66da0670a59e20354469fa56eab26c (patch) | |
tree | 5a679c428171685fe7328744ae9dab32f5e0ba00 /tools/perf/scripts/python/libxed.py | |
parent | 76ea364161e72b1878126edf8d507d2a62fb47b0 (diff) |
rcu: Add full-sized polling for start_poll_expedited()
The start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited() API compresses the combined
expedited and normal grace-period states into a single unsigned long,
which conserves storage, but can miss grace periods in certain cases
involving overlapping normal and expedited grace periods. Missing the
occasional grace period is usually not a problem, but there are use
cases that care about each and every grace period.
This commit therefore adds yet another member of the
full-state RCU grace-period polling API, which is the
start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited_full() function. This uses up to
three times the storage (rcu_gp_oldstate structure instead of unsigned
long), but is guaranteed not to miss grace periods.
[ paulmck: Apply feedback from kernel test robot and Julia Lawall. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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