From: Mathieu Desnoyers rcu_barrier_sched() and call_rcu_sched() were introduced in 2.6.26 for the Markers. Change the marker code to use them. It can be seen as a fix since the marker code was using an ugly, temporary, #ifdef hack to work around CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Acked-by: Paul McKenney Cc: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/marker.c | 25 ++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/marker.c~markers-use-rcu_barrier_sched-and-call_rcu_sched kernel/marker.c --- a/kernel/marker.c~markers-use-rcu_barrier_sched-and-call_rcu_sched +++ a/kernel/marker.c @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static int remove_marker(const char *nam hlist_del(&e->hlist); /* Make sure the call_rcu has been executed */ if (e->rcu_pending) - rcu_barrier(); + rcu_barrier_sched(); kfree(e); return 0; } @@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static int marker_set_format(struct mark hlist_del(&(*entry)->hlist); /* Make sure the call_rcu has been executed */ if ((*entry)->rcu_pending) - rcu_barrier(); + rcu_barrier_sched(); kfree(*entry); *entry = e; trace_mark(core_marker_format, "name %s format %s", @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ int marker_probe_register(const char *na * make sure it's executed now. */ if (entry->rcu_pending) - rcu_barrier(); + rcu_barrier_sched(); old = marker_entry_add_probe(entry, probe, probe_private); if (IS_ERR(old)) { ret = PTR_ERR(old); @@ -670,10 +670,7 @@ int marker_probe_register(const char *na entry->rcu_pending = 1; /* write rcu_pending before calling the RCU callback */ smp_wmb(); -#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU - synchronize_sched(); /* Until we have the call_rcu_sched() */ -#endif - call_rcu(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure); + call_rcu_sched(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure); end: mutex_unlock(&markers_mutex); return ret; @@ -704,7 +701,7 @@ int marker_probe_unregister(const char * if (!entry) goto end; if (entry->rcu_pending) - rcu_barrier(); + rcu_barrier_sched(); old = marker_entry_remove_probe(entry, probe, probe_private); mutex_unlock(&markers_mutex); marker_update_probes(); /* may update entry */ @@ -716,10 +713,7 @@ int marker_probe_unregister(const char * entry->rcu_pending = 1; /* write rcu_pending before calling the RCU callback */ smp_wmb(); -#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU - synchronize_sched(); /* Until we have the call_rcu_sched() */ -#endif - call_rcu(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure); + call_rcu_sched(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure); remove_marker(name); /* Ignore busy error message */ ret = 0; end: @@ -786,7 +780,7 @@ int marker_probe_unregister_private_data goto end; } if (entry->rcu_pending) - rcu_barrier(); + rcu_barrier_sched(); old = marker_entry_remove_probe(entry, NULL, probe_private); mutex_unlock(&markers_mutex); marker_update_probes(); /* may update entry */ @@ -797,10 +791,7 @@ int marker_probe_unregister_private_data entry->rcu_pending = 1; /* write rcu_pending before calling the RCU callback */ smp_wmb(); -#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU - synchronize_sched(); /* Until we have the call_rcu_sched() */ -#endif - call_rcu(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure); + call_rcu_sched(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure); remove_marker(entry->name); /* Ignore busy error message */ end: mutex_unlock(&markers_mutex); _