On Sat, Dec 02, 2017 at 04:22:20AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > Because there are a few key places within RCU and rcutorture that need it. > Without it, there are scenarios where the new cond_resched() never gets > activated, and thus doesn't take effect.
Ah, I missed that interaction. > The key point is that with this series in place, it should not be necessary > to use cond_resched_rcu_qs() outside of kernel/rcu and kernel/torture.c. > Which is a valuable step forward, right? Quite.
