[PATCH v1] rcu: Fix and improve RCU read lock checks when !CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC

Paul E. McKenney paulmck at kernel.org
Fri Jul 14 12:36:10 PDT 2023


On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 12:15:23PM -0700, Sandeep Dhavale wrote:
> >
> > Sandeep, thoughts?
> >
> I prefer to modify erofs check and contain the fix there as erofs
> cares about it and it's
> least invasive. For contexts where erofs cannot tell for sure, it will
> always schedule kworker
> (like CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=n).
> 
> I will also do measurements to see if erofs should continue to check
> for context and
> what are the benefits.

At the end of the day, I guess it is Gao Xiang's and Chao Yu's decision.

							Thanx, Paul



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