On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 03:18:16PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Dec 2017 04:22:20 -0800
> "Paul E. McKenney" <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> 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.
> >
> > 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?
>
> I'm guessing the tracepoint benchmark is another situation. It's only
> existence is to benchmark tracepoints and should not be enabled on any
> production system. Thus, I think reverting patch 6 (the one removing it
> from the benchmark code) is the proper solution.
I would rather make the existing cond_resched() machinery work for
RCU-tasks, but please let me know if my proposed fix isn't doing what
you need.
And in any case, please accept my apologies for the hassle!
Thanx, Paul
