From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org, fweisbec@gmail.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, walken@google.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 22/45] percpu_counter: Use get/put_online_cpus_atomic() to prevent CPU offline
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:06:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130624180636.GB1918@mtj.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130624175535.GA1918@mtj.dyndns.org>
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:55:35AM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > @@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ s64 __percpu_counter_sum(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
> > ret += *pcount;
> > }
> > raw_spin_unlock(&fbc->lock);
> > + put_online_cpus_atomic();
>
> I don't think this is necessary. CPU on/offlining is explicitly
> handled via the hotplug callback which synchronizes through fbc->lock.
> __percpu_counter_sum() racing with actual on/offlining doesn't affect
> correctness and adding superflous get_online_cpus_atomic() around it
> can be misleading.
Ah, okay, so you added a debug feature which triggers warning if
online mask is accessed without synchronization. Yeah, that makes
sense and while the above is not strictly necessary, it probably is
better to just add it rather than suppressing the warning in a
different way. Can you please at least add a comment explaining that?
Thanks.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-24 18:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-23 13:37 [PATCH 00/45] CPU hotplug: stop_machine()-free CPU hotplug, part 1 Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:38 ` [PATCH 01/45] CPU hotplug: Provide APIs to prevent CPU offline from atomic context Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-24 22:49 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-06-23 13:38 ` [PATCH 02/45] CPU hotplug: Clarify the usage of different synchronization APIs Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:38 ` [PATCH 03/45] Documentation, CPU hotplug: Recommend usage of get/put_online_cpus_atomic() Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:38 ` [PATCH 04/45] CPU hotplug: Add infrastructure to check lacking hotplug synchronization Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-24 23:26 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-06-25 18:49 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:39 ` [PATCH 05/45] CPU hotplug: Protect set_cpu_online() to avoid false-positives Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:39 ` [PATCH 06/45] CPU hotplug: Sprinkle debugging checks to catch locking bugs Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:39 ` [PATCH 07/45] CPU hotplug: Expose the new debug config option Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 15:08 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2013-06-23 18:58 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:39 ` [PATCH 08/45] CPU hotplug: Convert preprocessor macros to static inline functions Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:40 ` [PATCH 09/45] smp: Use get/put_online_cpus_atomic() to prevent CPU offline Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:40 ` [PATCH 10/45] sched/core: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:40 ` [PATCH 11/45] migration: Use raw_spin_lock/unlock since interrupts are already disabled Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:40 ` [PATCH 12/45] sched/fair: Use get/put_online_cpus_atomic() to prevent CPU offline Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:40 ` [PATCH 13/45] timer: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:41 ` [PATCH 14/45] sched/rt: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:41 ` [PATCH 15/45] rcu: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:41 ` [PATCH 16/45] tick-broadcast: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:41 ` [PATCH 17/45] time/clocksource: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:42 ` [PATCH 18/45] softirq: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:42 ` [PATCH 19/45] irq: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:42 ` [PATCH 20/45] net: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:42 ` [PATCH 21/45] block: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:42 ` [PATCH 22/45] percpu_counter: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-24 17:55 ` Tejun Heo
2013-06-24 18:06 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2013-06-24 18:09 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:43 ` [PATCH 23/45] infiniband: ehca: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:43 ` [PATCH 24/45] [SCSI] fcoe: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:43 ` [PATCH 25/45] staging/octeon: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 18:17 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-06-23 18:55 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 19:17 ` Joe Perches
2013-06-24 17:25 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-24 18:17 ` David Daney
2013-06-23 13:43 ` [PATCH 26/45] x86: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:43 ` [PATCH 27/45] perf/x86: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:44 ` [PATCH 28/45] KVM: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:44 ` [PATCH 29/45] kvm/vmx: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:44 ` [PATCH 30/45] x86/xen: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:45 ` [PATCH 31/45] alpha/smp: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 17:50 ` Matt Turner
2013-06-23 18:56 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:45 ` [PATCH 32/45] blackfin/smp: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:45 ` [PATCH 33/45] cris/smp: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-24 6:41 ` Jesper Nilsson
2013-06-23 13:45 ` [PATCH 34/45] hexagon/smp: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:45 ` [PATCH 35/45] ia64: irq, perfmon: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:46 ` [PATCH 36/45] ia64: smp, tlb: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:46 ` [PATCH 37/45] m32r: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:46 ` [PATCH 38/45] MIPS: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:46 ` [PATCH 39/45] mn10300: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:47 ` [PATCH 40/45] powerpc, irq: Use GFP_ATOMIC allocations in atomic context Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-25 2:08 ` Michael Ellerman
2013-06-25 2:13 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-06-25 2:58 ` Michael Ellerman
2013-06-25 3:13 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-06-25 19:20 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:47 ` [PATCH 41/45] powerpc: Use get/put_online_cpus_atomic() to prevent CPU offline Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:47 ` [PATCH 42/45] powerpc: Use get/put_online_cpus_atomic() to avoid false-positive warning Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:47 ` [PATCH 43/45] sh: Use get/put_online_cpus_atomic() to prevent CPU offline Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:48 ` [PATCH 44/45] sparc: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
2013-06-23 13:48 ` [PATCH 45/45] tile: " Srivatsa S. Bhat
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