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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2014-06-12 13:30:25 -0700
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2014-07-09 09:15:01 -0700
commitabaa93d9e1de2c29297e69ddba8ddd38f15064cf (patch)
tree127f64c80be6f30fed7265d42cbfc5b449853618 /Documentation/robust-futexes.txt
parent48bd8e9b82a750b983823f391c67e70553757afa (diff)
rcu: Simplify priority boosting by putting rt_mutex in rcu_node
RCU priority boosting currently checks for boosting via a pointer in task_struct. However, this is not needed: As Oleg noted, if the rt_mutex is placed in the rcu_node instead of on the booster's stack, the boostee can simply check it see if it owns the lock. This commit makes this change, shrinking task_struct by one pointer and the kernel by thirteen lines. Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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