documentation: Add RCU_NONIDLE() restrictions to requirements
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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@ -2391,6 +2391,41 @@ and <tt>RCU_NONIDLE()</tt> on the other while inspecting
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idle-loop code.
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Steven Rostedt supplied <tt>_rcuidle</tt> event tracing,
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which is used quite heavily in the idle loop.
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However, there are some restrictions on the code placed within
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<tt>RCU_NONIDLE()</tt>:
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<ol>
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<li> Blocking is prohibited.
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In practice, this is not a serious restriction given that idle
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tasks are prohibited from blocking to begin with.
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<li> Although nesting <tt>RCU_NONIDLE()</tt> is permited, they cannot
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nest indefinitely deeply.
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However, given that they can be nested on the order of a million
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deep, even on 32-bit systems, this should not be a serious
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restriction.
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This nesting limit would probably be reached long after the
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compiler OOMed or the stack overflowed.
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<li> Any code path that enters <tt>RCU_NONIDLE()</tt> must sequence
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out of that same <tt>RCU_NONIDLE()</tt>.
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For example, the following is grossly illegal:
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<blockquote>
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<pre>
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1 RCU_NONIDLE({
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2 do_something();
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3 goto bad_idea; /* BUG!!! */
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4 do_something_else();});
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5 bad_idea:
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</pre>
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</blockquote>
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<p>
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It is just as illegal to transfer control into the middle of
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<tt>RCU_NONIDLE()</tt>'s argument.
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Yes, in theory, you could transfer in as long as you also
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transferred out, but in practice you could also expect to get sharply
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worded review comments.
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</ol>
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<p>
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It is similarly socially unacceptable to interrupt an
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