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rcu: Don't set nesting depth negative in rcu_preempt_deferred_qs()

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Now that RCU flavors have been consolidated, an RCU-preempt
rcu_read_unlock() in an interrupt or softirq handler cannot possibly
end the RCU read-side critical section.  Consider the old vulnerability
involving rcu_preempt_deferred_qs() being invoked within such a handler
that interrupted an extended RCU read-side critical section, in which
a wakeup might be invoked with a scheduler lock held.  Because
rcu_read_unlock_special() no longer does wakeups in such situations,
it is no longer necessary for rcu_preempt_deferred_qs() to set the
nesting level negative.

This commit therefore removes this recursion-protection code from
rcu_preempt_deferred_qs().

[ paulmck: Fix typo in commit log per Steve Rostedt. ]
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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Lai Jiangshan 2020-02-15 14:37:26 -08:00 committed by Paul E. McKenney
parent e4453d8a1c
commit 07b4a930fc
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@ -569,16 +569,11 @@ static bool rcu_preempt_need_deferred_qs(struct task_struct *t)
static void rcu_preempt_deferred_qs(struct task_struct *t)
{
unsigned long flags;
bool couldrecurse = rcu_preempt_depth() >= 0;
if (!rcu_preempt_need_deferred_qs(t))
return;
if (couldrecurse)
rcu_preempt_depth_set(rcu_preempt_depth() - RCU_NEST_BIAS);
local_irq_save(flags);
rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_irqrestore(t, flags);
if (couldrecurse)
rcu_preempt_depth_set(rcu_preempt_depth() + RCU_NEST_BIAS);
}
/*