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rcu-tasks: Make Tasks RCU account for userspace execution
The main Tasks RCU quiescent state is voluntary context switch. However, userspace execution is also a valid quiescent state, and is a valuable one for userspace applications that spin repeatedly executing light-weight non-sleeping system calls. Currently, such an application can delay a Tasks RCU grace period for many tens of seconds. This commit therefore enlists the aid of the scheduler-clock interrupt to provide a Tasks RCU quiescent state when it interrupted a task executing in userspace. Cc: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com> Cc: Neil Spring <ntspring@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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