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authorJoel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>2018-09-25 11:25:57 -0700
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>2018-11-12 08:48:31 -0800
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doc: Update information about resched_cpu
Since commit fced9c8cfe6b ("rcu: Avoid resched_cpu() when rescheduling the current CPU"), resched_cpu is not directly called from sync_sched_exp_handler. Update the documentation about the same. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Cc: <kernel-team@android.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
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@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ was in flight.
If the CPU is idle, then <tt>sync_sched_exp_handler()</tt> reports
the quiescent state.
-<p>
-Otherwise, the handler invokes <tt>resched_cpu()</tt>, which forces
-a future context switch.
+<p> Otherwise, the handler forces a future context switch by setting the
+NEED_RESCHED flag of the current task's thread flag and the CPU preempt
+counter.
At the time of the context switch, the CPU reports the quiescent state.
Should the CPU go offline first, it will report the quiescent state
at that time.