On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 11:50:02AM +0800, Chen Gang wrote: > According to the comment above rcu_cpu_has_callbacks(): "If there are > no callbacks, all of them are deemed to be lazy". > > So when both 'hc' and 'al' are false, '*all_lazy' should be true, not > false.
If there are no callbacks, what must the value of "al" be at this point in the code? Given this, what is the effect of your patch? Thanx, Paul > Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.c...@asianux.com> > --- > kernel/rcutree.c | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c > index 5b53a89..9ee9565 100644 > --- a/kernel/rcutree.c > +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c > @@ -2725,7 +2725,7 @@ static int rcu_cpu_has_callbacks(int cpu, bool > *all_lazy) > hc = true; > } > if (all_lazy) > - *all_lazy = al; > + *all_lazy = !hc ? true : al; > return hc; > } > > -- > 1.7.7.6 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/