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    rcu: Make exit_rcu() more precise and consolidate · 9dd8fb16
    Paul E. McKenney authored
    
    
    When running preemptible RCU, if a task exits in an RCU read-side
    critical section having blocked within that same RCU read-side critical
    section, the task must be removed from the list of tasks blocking a
    grace period (perhaps the current grace period, perhaps the next grace
    period, depending on timing).  The exit() path invokes exit_rcu() to
    do this cleanup.
    
    However, the current implementation of exit_rcu() needlessly does the
    cleanup even if the task did not block within the current RCU read-side
    critical section, which wastes time and needlessly increases the size
    of the state space.  Fix this by only doing the cleanup if the current
    task is actually on the list of tasks blocking some grace period.
    
    While we are at it, consolidate the two identical exit_rcu() functions
    into a single function.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    
    Conflicts:
    
    	kernel/rcupdate.c
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