Re: linux-next 20111025: warnings inrcu_idle_exit_common()/rcu_idle_enter_common()

[Steven Rostedt]

On Wed, 2011-11-02 at 07:44 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

> rcu: Fix idle-task checks
> 
> RCU has traditionally relied on idle_cpu() to determine whether a given
> CPU is running in the context of an idle task, but recent changes have
> invalidated this approach.  This commit therefore switches from idle_cpu
> to "current->pid != 0".
> 
> Suggested-by: Carsten Emde <C.Emde@xxxxxxxxx>



> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


I always knew you had a split personality Paul ;)

-- Steve


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