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    rcu: Remove local_irq_disable() in rcu_preempt_note_context_switch() · 1d082fd0
    Paul E. McKenney authored
    
    
    The rcu_preempt_note_context_switch() function is on a scheduling fast
    path, so it would be good to avoid disabling irqs.  The reason that irqs
    are disabled is to synchronize process-level and irq-handler access to
    the task_struct ->rcu_read_unlock_special bitmask.  This commit therefore
    makes ->rcu_read_unlock_special instead be a union of bools with a short
    allowing single-access checks in RCU's __rcu_read_unlock().  This results
    in the process-level and irq-handler accesses being simple loads and
    stores, so that irqs need no longer be disabled.  This commit therefore
    removes the irq disabling from rcu_preempt_note_context_switch().
    
    Reported-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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