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* [PATCH] rcu_tree: avoid touch rnp->completed when starts a new GP
@ 2015-01-13  7:30 Lai Jiangshan
  2015-01-13  9:36 ` Paul E. McKenney
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Lai Jiangshan @ 2015-01-13  7:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, Paul E. McKenney
  Cc: Lai Jiangshan, Josh Triplett, Steven Rostedt, Mathieu Desnoyers

In rcu_gp_init(), rnp->completed equals to rsp->completed in THEORY,
we don't need to touch it normally.  If something goes wrong,
it will complain and fixup rnp->completed and avoid oops.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 7680fc2..ea6dc28 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1639,8 +1639,8 @@ static int rcu_gp_init(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 		rcu_preempt_check_blocked_tasks(rnp);
 		rnp->qsmask = rnp->qsmaskinit;
 		ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->gpnum) = rsp->gpnum;
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(rnp->completed != rsp->completed);
-		ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->completed) = rsp->completed;
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(rnp->completed != rsp->completed))
+			ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->completed) = rsp->completed;
 		if (rnp == rdp->mynode)
 			(void)__note_gp_changes(rsp, rnp, rdp);
 		rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(rnp);
-- 
2.1.0


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* Re: [PATCH] rcu_tree: avoid touch rnp->completed when starts a new GP
  2015-01-13  7:30 [PATCH] rcu_tree: avoid touch rnp->completed when starts a new GP Lai Jiangshan
@ 2015-01-13  9:36 ` Paul E. McKenney
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Paul E. McKenney @ 2015-01-13  9:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Lai Jiangshan
  Cc: linux-kernel, Josh Triplett, Steven Rostedt, Mathieu Desnoyers

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 03:30:34PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> In rcu_gp_init(), rnp->completed equals to rsp->completed in THEORY,
> we don't need to touch it normally.  If something goes wrong,
> it will complain and fixup rnp->completed and avoid oops.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>

Queued for 3.21, thank you!

							Thanx, Paul

> ---
>  kernel/rcu/tree.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index 7680fc2..ea6dc28 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -1639,8 +1639,8 @@ static int rcu_gp_init(struct rcu_state *rsp)
>  		rcu_preempt_check_blocked_tasks(rnp);
>  		rnp->qsmask = rnp->qsmaskinit;
>  		ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->gpnum) = rsp->gpnum;
> -		WARN_ON_ONCE(rnp->completed != rsp->completed);
> -		ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->completed) = rsp->completed;
> +		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(rnp->completed != rsp->completed))
> +			ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->completed) = rsp->completed;
>  		if (rnp == rdp->mynode)
>  			(void)__note_gp_changes(rsp, rnp, rdp);
>  		rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(rnp);
> -- 
> 2.1.0
> 


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