The RCU context tracking code requires that arch code call
user_exit() on any entry into kernel code if TIF_NOHZ is set. This
patch adds a check for TIF_NOHZ and a comment to the syscall entry
tracing code.
The main purpose of this patch is to make the code easier to follow:
one can read the body of user_exit and of every function it calls
without finding any explanation of why it's called for traced
syscalls but not for untraced syscalls. This makes it clear when
user_exit() is necessary.
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/0b13e0e24ec0307d67ab7a23b58764f6b1270116.1409954077.git.luto@amacapital.net
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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