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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/6] rcu: Allow rcu_user_enter()/exit() to nest
On 07/06/2012 03:00 PM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Allow calls to rcu_user_enter() even if we are already
> in userspace (as seen by RCU) and allow calls to rcu_user_exit()
> even if we are already in the kernel.
>
> This makes the APIs more flexible to be called from architectures.
> Exception entries for example won't need to know if they come from
> userspace before calling rcu_user_exit().

I guess I should switch kvm to rcu_user_enter() and co, so we can
disable the tick while running in a guest. But where are those
functions? What are the rules for calling them?

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