Paul E. McKenney 276c410448 rcu-tasks: Split ->trc_reader_need_end
This commit splits ->trc_reader_need_end by using the rcu_special union.
This change permits readers to check to see if a memory barrier is
required without any added overhead in the common case where no such
barrier is required.  This commit also adds the read-side checking.
Later commits will add the machinery to properly set the new
->trc_reader_special.b.need_mb field.

This commit also makes rcu_read_unlock_trace_special() tolerate nested
read-side critical sections within interrupt and NMI handlers.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-04-27 11:03:52 -07:00
2020-02-24 22:43:18 -08:00
2020-04-19 14:35:30 -07:00

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