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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2021-03-09 09:55:53 +0100
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2021-03-17 16:34:08 +0100
commit728b478d2d358480b333b42d0e10e0fecb20114c (patch)
tree2f1a1bd80bd1c0a018bb881bab907c476b2c1e28 /kernel/softirq.c
parent6fd4e861250b5c89ad460a9f265caeb1bbbfc323 (diff)
softirq: Add RT specific softirq accounting
RT requires the softirq processing and local bottomhalf disabled regions to be preemptible. Using the normal preempt count based serialization is therefore not possible because this implicitely disables preemption. RT kernels use a per CPU local lock to serialize bottomhalfs. As local_bh_disable() can nest the lock can only be acquired on the outermost invocation of local_bh_disable() and released when the nest count becomes zero. Tasks which hold the local lock can be preempted so its required to keep track of the nest count per task. Add a RT only counter to task struct and adjust the relevant macros in preempt.h. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210309085726.983627589@linutronix.de
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