Hello, Steve, Yet another attempt to allow safe initiation of RCU voyeurism...
Untested at the moment. Thanx, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index db5eb8c3f7af..872d20cee00a 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -891,6 +891,11 @@ void rcu_irq_exit(void) RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!irqs_disabled(), "rcu_irq_exit() invoked with irqs enabled!!!"); rdtp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks); + + /* Page faults can happen in NMI handlers, so check... */ + if (READ_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting)) + return; + WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) && rdtp->dynticks_nesting < 1); if (rdtp->dynticks_nesting <= 1) { @@ -1036,6 +1041,11 @@ void rcu_irq_enter(void) RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!irqs_disabled(), "rcu_irq_enter() invoked with irqs enabled!!!"); rdtp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks); + + /* Page faults can happen in NMI handlers, so check... */ + if (READ_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting)) + return; + oldval = rdtp->dynticks_nesting; rdtp->dynticks_nesting++; WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&