From: Paul E. McKenney on
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 06:40:36PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> Warning: I just did build test.
>
> Subject: [PATCH] rcu: more careful check for the last non-dyntick-idle CPU
>
> If a CPU is not in nohz_cpu_mask, it does not means this
> CPU is a non-dyntick-idle CPU, because this CPU may be offline or not exist.

Good catch, queued, thank you!

Thanx, Paul

> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs(a)cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
> index 4befb64..6086a7d 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
> +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
> @@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu)
>
> /* Don't bother unless we are the last non-dyntick-idle CPU. */
> for_each_cpu_not(thatcpu, nohz_cpu_mask)
> - if (thatcpu != cpu) {
> + if (cpu_online(thatcpu) && thatcpu != cpu) {
> per_cpu(rcu_dyntick_drain, cpu) = 0;
> per_cpu(rcu_dyntick_holdoff, cpu) = jiffies - 1;
> return rcu_needs_cpu_quick_check(cpu);
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