[patch 14/19] softirq: Make softirq control and processing RT aware

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Mon, Nov 23 2020 at 14:44, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 03:02:21PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Adjust softirq count to SOFTIRQ_OFFSET which makes
>> +	 * in_serving_softirq() become true.
>> +	 */
>> +	cnt = SOFTIRQ_OFFSET;
>> +	__local_bh_enable(cnt, false);
>
> But then you enter __do_softirq() with softirq_count() == SOFTIRQ_OFFSET.
> __do_softirq() calls softirq_handle_begin() which then sets it back to
> SOFTIRQ_DISABLE_OFFSET...

The RT variant of it added in this very same patch
> +static inline void softirq_handle_begin(void) { }
> +static inline void softirq_handle_end(void) { }

Thanks,

        tglx