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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2014-07-01 11:26:57 -0700
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2014-09-07 16:27:20 -0700
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rcu: Provide cond_resched_rcu_qs() to force quiescent states in long loops
RCU-tasks requires the occasional voluntary context switch from CPU-bound in-kernel tasks. In some cases, this requires instrumenting cond_resched(). However, there is some reluctance to countenance unconditionally instrumenting cond_resched() (see http://lwn.net/Articles/603252/), so this commit creates a separate cond_resched_rcu_qs() that may be used in place of cond_resched() in locations prone to long-duration in-kernel looping. This commit currently instruments only RCU-tasks. Future possibilities include also instrumenting RCU, RCU-bh, and RCU-sched in order to reduce IPI usage. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
-rw-r--r--fs/file.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 66923fe3176e..1cafc4c9275b 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static struct fdtable *close_files(struct files_struct * files)
struct file * file = xchg(&fdt->fd[i], NULL);
if (file) {
filp_close(file, files);
- cond_resched();
+ cond_resched_rcu_qs();
}
}
i++;