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rcu: substitute set_need_resched for sending resched IPIs
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:36:51 +0000 (21:36 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Mon, 10 May 2010 18:08:31 +0000 (11:08 -0700)
commitd25eb9442bb2c38c1e742f0fa764d7132d72593f
tree0a2604a3b61ce7a0868c021ac945d9826e0d88f1
parent2b3fc35f6919344e3cf722dde8308f47235c0b70
rcu: substitute set_need_resched for sending resched IPIs

This patch adds a check to __rcu_pending() that does a local
set_need_resched() if the current CPU is holding up the current grace
period and if force_quiescent_state() will be called soon.  The goal is
to reduce the probability that force_quiescent_state() will need to do
smp_send_reschedule(), which sends an IPI and is therefore more expensive
on most architectures.

Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
kernel/rcutree.c