From 2232c2d8e0a6a31061dec311f3d1cf7624bc14f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Rostedt Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:46:50 +0100 Subject: rcu: add support for dynamic ticks and preempt rcu The PREEMPT-RCU can get stuck if a CPU goes idle and NO_HZ is set. The idle CPU will not progress the RCU through its grace period and a synchronize_rcu my get stuck. Without this patch I have a box that will not boot when PREEMPT_RCU and NO_HZ are set. That same box boots fine with this patch. This patch comes from the -rt kernel where it has been tested for several months. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/time') diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c index fa9bb73dbdb4..2968298f8f36 100644 --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c @@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(void) ts->idle_tick = ts->sched_timer.expires; ts->tick_stopped = 1; ts->idle_jiffies = last_jiffies; + rcu_enter_nohz(); } /* @@ -375,6 +376,8 @@ void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(void) return; } + rcu_exit_nohz(); + /* Update jiffies first */ select_nohz_load_balancer(0); now = ktime_get(); -- cgit v1.2.2