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>>> 3.    Does the rcu_torture_ops structure need a ->call_hurry() field,
>>>   and if so, why?  If not, why not?
>>>
>>> 4.    Your additional questions here!
>>
>> Do we have a reproducer for the splat? If there is a link to the
>> report, I could take a look and investigate.
>
> The splat is on an old kernel where rcutorture does not yet have
> call_rcu_hurry().  So this patch isn't fixing a bug, but rather allegedly
> improving lazy RCU rcutorture testing.

Makes sense! I take it that on a newer kernel, we do see a splat with
just replacing _hurry() with the alternative, but without any other
changes. But either way, this is a nice change, so thanks!

-- 
Joel Fernandes


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