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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu.h index 30876f4063b..8ba99cdc651 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu.h +++ b/kernel/rcu.h @@ -33,8 +33,27 @@ * Process-level increment to ->dynticks_nesting field. This allows for * architectures that use half-interrupts and half-exceptions from * process context. + * + * DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_MASK defines a field of width DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_WIDTH + * that counts the number of process-based reasons why RCU cannot + * consider the corresponding CPU to be idle, and DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_VALUE + * is the value used to increment or decrement this field. + * + * The rest of the bits could in principle be used to count interrupts, + * but this would mean that a negative-one value in the interrupt + * field could incorrectly zero out the DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_MASK field. + * We therefore provide a two-bit guard field defined by DYNTICK_TASK_MASK + * that is set to DYNTICK_TASK_FLAG upon initial exit from idle. + * The DYNTICK_TASK_EXIT_IDLE value is thus the combined value used upon + * initial exit from idle. */ -#define DYNTICK_TASK_NESTING (LLONG_MAX / 2 - 1) +#define DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_WIDTH 7 +#define DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_VALUE ((LLONG_MAX >> DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_WIDTH) + 1) +#define DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_MASK (LLONG_MAX - DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_VALUE + 1) +#define DYNTICK_TASK_FLAG ((DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_VALUE / 8) * 2) +#define DYNTICK_TASK_MASK ((DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_VALUE / 8) * 3) +#define DYNTICK_TASK_EXIT_IDLE (DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_VALUE + \ + DYNTICK_TASK_FLAG) /* * debug_rcu_head_queue()/debug_rcu_head_unqueue() are used internally |