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When switching on core-sched, CPUs need to agree which lock to use for their RQ. The new rule will be that rq->core_enabled will be toggled while holding all rq->__locks that belong to a core. This means we need to double check the rq->core_enabled value after each lock acquire and retry if it changed. This also has implications for those sites that take multiple RQ locks, they need to be careful that the second lock doesn't end up being the first lock. Verify the lock pointer after acquiring the first lock, because if they're on the same core, holding any of the rq->__lock instances will pin the core state. While there, change the rq->__lock order to CPU number, instead of rq address, this greatly simplifies the next patch. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Tested-by: Don Hiatt <dhiatt@digitalocean.com> Tested-by: Hongyu Ning <hongyu.ning@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YJUNY0dmrJMD/BIm@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.