[PATCH 16/36] rcu: Fix rcu_idle_exit()

[Mark Rutland]

On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 04:27:39PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Current rcu_idle_exit() is terminally broken because it uses
> local_irq_{save,restore}(), which are traced which uses RCU.
> 
> However, now that all the callers are sure to have IRQs disabled, we
> can remove these calls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz at infradead.org>
> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck at kernel.org>

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>

Mark.

> ---
>  kernel/rcu/tree.c |    9 +++------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static noinstr void rcu_eqs_enter(bool u
>   * If you add or remove a call to rcu_idle_enter(), be sure to test with
>   * CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG=y.
>   */
> -void rcu_idle_enter(void)
> +void noinstr rcu_idle_enter(void)
>  {
>  	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
>  	rcu_eqs_enter(false);
> @@ -896,13 +896,10 @@ static void noinstr rcu_eqs_exit(bool us
>   * If you add or remove a call to rcu_idle_exit(), be sure to test with
>   * CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG=y.
>   */
> -void rcu_idle_exit(void)
> +void noinstr rcu_idle_exit(void)
>  {
> -	unsigned long flags;
> -
> -	local_irq_save(flags);
> +	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
>  	rcu_eqs_exit(false);
> -	local_irq_restore(flags);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_exit);
>  
> 
>