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On PREEMPT_RT, seqlock_t is transformed to a sleeping lock that do not disable preemption. A seqlock_t reader can thus preempt its write side section and spin for the enter scheduler tick. If that reader belongs to a real-time scheduling class, it can spin forever and the kernel will livelock. To break this livelock possibility on PREEMPT_RT, implement seqlock_t in terms of "seqcount_spinlock_t" instead of plain "seqcount_t". Beside its pure annotational value, this will leverage the existing seqcount_LOCKNAME_T PREEMPT_RT anti-livelock mechanisms, without adding any extra code. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200904153231.11994-6-a.darwish@linutronix.de
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.