/*
* This kthread invokes RCU callbacks whose grace periods have
* elapsed. It is awakened as needed, and takes the place of the
* RCU_SOFTIRQ that was used previously for this purpose.
* This is a kthread, but it is never stopped, at least not until
* the system goes down.
*/
static int rcu_kthread(void *arg)
{
unsigned long work;
unsigned long morework;
unsigned long flags;
for (;;) {
wait_event_interruptible(rcu_kthread_wq,
have_rcu_kthread_work != 0);
morework = rcu_boost();
local_irq_save(flags);
work = have_rcu_kthread_work;
have_rcu_kthread_work = morework;
local_irq_restore(flags);
if (work) {
rcu_process_callbacks(&rcu_sched_ctrlblk);
rcu_process_callbacks(&rcu_bh_ctrlblk);
rcu_preempt_process_callbacks();
}
schedule_timeout_interruptible(1); /* Leave CPU for others. */
}
return 0; /* Not reached, but needed to shut gcc up. */
}
static void rcu_process_callbacks(struct softirq_action *unused)
{
__rcu_process_callbacks(&rcu_sched_ctrlblk);
__rcu_process_callbacks(&rcu_bh_ctrlblk);
rcu_preempt_process_callbacks();
}
