Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/2] RCU force_quiescent_state() fix anddyntick cleanup

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:05:37AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > This patch series contains a cleanup and a fix:
> > 
> > o	Code cleanup from Lai Jiangshan that makes the calls to
> > 	rcu_irq_enter() and rcu_irq_exit() more obviously correct.
> > 	The previous code worked because rcu_irq_exit() is always
> > 	an empty function if !NO_HZ.
> 
> Can go via tip:core/rcu, agreed?

Agreed.

> > o	Fix a low-probability race in the TREE_RCU infrastructure
> > 	that can be triggered by extremely long grace periods.
> 
> Should go via tip:core/urgent as it's a fix for .32, agreed?

Also agreed.

							Thanx, Paul
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