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    rcu: Restore checks for blocking in RCU read-side critical sections · b3fbab05
    Paul E. McKenney authored
    
    
    Long ago, using TREE_RCU with PREEMPT would result in "scheduling
    while atomic" diagnostics if you blocked in an RCU read-side critical
    section.  However, PREEMPT now implies TREE_PREEMPT_RCU, which defeats
    this diagnostic.  This commit therefore adds a replacement diagnostic
    based on PROVE_RCU.
    
    Because rcu_lockdep_assert() and lockdep_rcu_dereference() are now being
    used for things that have nothing to do with rcu_dereference(), rename
    lockdep_rcu_dereference() to lockdep_rcu_suspicious() and add a third
    argument that is a string indicating what is suspicious.  This third
    argument is passed in from a new third argument to rcu_lockdep_assert().
    Update all calls to rcu_lockdep_assert() to add an informative third
    argument.
    
    Also, add a pair of rcu_lockdep_assert() calls from within
    rcu_note_context_switch(), one complaining if a context switch occurs
    in an RCU-bh read-side critical section and another complaining if a
    context switch occurs in an RCU-sched read-side critical section.
    These are present only if the PROVE_RCU kernel parameter is enabled.
    
    Finally, fix some checkpatch whitespace complaints in lockdep.c.
    
    Again, you must enable PROVE_RCU to see these new diagnostics.  But you
    are enabling PROVE_RCU to check out new RCU uses in any case, aren't you?
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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