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RT requires the softirq processing and local bottomhalf disabled regions to be preemptible. Using the normal preempt count based serialization is therefore not possible because this implicitely disables preemption. RT kernels use a per CPU local lock to serialize bottomhalfs. As local_bh_disable() can nest the lock can only be acquired on the outermost invocation of local_bh_disable() and released when the nest count becomes zero. Tasks which hold the local lock can be preempted so its required to keep track of the nest count per task. Add a RT only counter to task struct and adjust the relevant macros in preempt.h. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210309085726.983627589@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.