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@@ -1227,9 +1227,11 @@ to overflow the counter, this approach corrects the
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CPU enters the idle loop from process context.
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</p><p>The <tt>->dynticks</tt> field counts the corresponding
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-CPU's transitions to and from dyntick-idle mode, so that this counter
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-has an even value when the CPU is in dyntick-idle mode and an odd
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-value otherwise.
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+CPU's transitions to and from either dyntick-idle or user mode, so
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+that this counter has an even value when the CPU is in dyntick-idle
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+mode or user mode and an odd value otherwise. The transitions to/from
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+user mode need to be counted for user mode adaptive-ticks support
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+(see timers/NO_HZ.txt).
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</p><p>The <tt>->rcu_need_heavy_qs</tt> field is used
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to record the fact that the RCU core code would really like to
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