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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2011-05-27 06:38:52 -0400 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2011-05-28 11:41:05 -0400 |
commit | 29f742f88a32c9ab8cf6d9ba69e1ea918be5aa58 (patch) | |
tree | a38aa38c8025e050ec82a7e64d02dca07f90ffc7 /Documentation | |
parent | f62508f68d04adefc4cf9b0177ba02c8818b3eec (diff) | |
parent | 23b5c8fa01b723c70a20d6e4ef4ff54c7656d6e1 (diff) |
Merge branch 'rcu/urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu into core/urgent
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/trace.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt index c078ad48f7a1..8173cec473aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt | |||
@@ -99,18 +99,11 @@ o "qp" indicates that RCU still expects a quiescent state from | |||
99 | 99 | ||
100 | o "dt" is the current value of the dyntick counter that is incremented | 100 | o "dt" is the current value of the dyntick counter that is incremented |
101 | when entering or leaving dynticks idle state, either by the | 101 | when entering or leaving dynticks idle state, either by the |
102 | scheduler or by irq. The number after the "/" is the interrupt | 102 | scheduler or by irq. This number is even if the CPU is in |
103 | nesting depth when in dyntick-idle state, or one greater than | 103 | dyntick idle mode and odd otherwise. The number after the first |
104 | the interrupt-nesting depth otherwise. | 104 | "/" is the interrupt nesting depth when in dyntick-idle state, |
105 | 105 | or one greater than the interrupt-nesting depth otherwise. | |
106 | This field is displayed only for CONFIG_NO_HZ kernels. | 106 | The number after the second "/" is the NMI nesting depth. |
107 | |||
108 | o "dn" is the current value of the dyntick counter that is incremented | ||
109 | when entering or leaving dynticks idle state via NMI. If both | ||
110 | the "dt" and "dn" values are even, then this CPU is in dynticks | ||
111 | idle mode and may be ignored by RCU. If either of these two | ||
112 | counters is odd, then RCU must be alert to the possibility of | ||
113 | an RCU read-side critical section running on this CPU. | ||
114 | 107 | ||
115 | This field is displayed only for CONFIG_NO_HZ kernels. | 108 | This field is displayed only for CONFIG_NO_HZ kernels. |
116 | 109 | ||