On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 05:28:05PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On RT we can't invoke queue_delayed_work() within an atomic section
> (which is provided by raw_spin_lock_irqsave()).
> srcu_reschedule() invokes queue_delayed_work() outside of the
> raw_spin_lock_irq_rcu_node() section so this should be fine here, too.
> If the remaining callers of call_srcu() aren't atomic
> (spin_lock_irqsave() is fine) then this should work on RT, too.

Just to make sure I understand...   The problem is not the _irqsave,
but rather the raw_?

                                                        Thanx, Paul

> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bige...@linutronix.de>
> ---
>  kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 11 ++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> index d190af0e56f8..3ee4ef40f23e 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> @@ -648,12 +648,17 @@ static void srcu_funnel_gp_start(struct srcu_struct 
> *sp, struct srcu_data *sdp,
>       /* If grace period not already done and none in progress, start it. */
>       if (!rcu_seq_done(&sp->srcu_gp_seq, s) &&
>           rcu_seq_state(sp->srcu_gp_seq) == SRCU_STATE_IDLE) {
> +             unsigned long delay;
> +
>               WARN_ON_ONCE(ULONG_CMP_GE(sp->srcu_gp_seq, 
> sp->srcu_gp_seq_needed));
>               srcu_gp_start(sp);
> +             delay = srcu_get_delay(sp);
> +             raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(sp, flags);
> +
>               queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &sp->work,
> -                                srcu_get_delay(sp));
> -     }
> -     raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(sp, flags);
> +                                delay);
> +     } else
> +             raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(sp, flags);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> -- 
> 2.14.1
> 

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