From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761518AbZLOXJ6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:09:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761414AbZLOXJw (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:09:52 -0500 Received: from e3.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.143]:44990 "EHLO e3.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933111AbZLOXCu (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:02:50 -0500 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@elte.hu, laijs@cn.fujitsu.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca, josh@joshtriplett.org, dvhltc@us.ibm.com, niv@us.ibm.com, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, dhowells@redhat.com, "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 07/18] rcu: eliminate rcu_process_dyntick() return value Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:02:30 -0800 Message-Id: <1260918161972-git-send-email-> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.2.5 In-Reply-To: <20091215230213.GA9093@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20091215230213.GA9093@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Paul E. McKenney Proposed for 2.6.34, not for inclusion. Because a new grace period cannot start while we are executing within the force_quiescent_state() function's switch statement, if any test within that switch statement or within any function called from that switch statement shows that the current grace period has ended, we can safely re-do that test any time before we leave the switch statement. This means that we no longer need a return value from rcu_process_dyntick(), as we can simply invoke rcu_gp_in_progress() to check whether the old grace period has finished -- there is no longer any need to worry about whether or not a new grace period has been started. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcutree.c | 17 ++++++----------- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c index c7d0070..e497119 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c @@ -1144,11 +1144,9 @@ void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user) /* * Scan the leaf rcu_node structures, processing dyntick state for any that * have not yet encountered a quiescent state, using the function specified. - * Returns 1 if the current grace period ends while scanning (possibly - * because we made it end). */ -static int rcu_process_dyntick(struct rcu_state *rsp, - int (*f)(struct rcu_data *)) +static void rcu_process_dyntick(struct rcu_state *rsp, + int (*f)(struct rcu_data *)) { unsigned long bit; int cpu; @@ -1161,7 +1159,7 @@ static int rcu_process_dyntick(struct rcu_state *rsp, spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags); if (rnp->completed != rsp->gpnum - 1) { spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); - return 1; + return; } if (rnp->qsmask == 0) { spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); @@ -1181,7 +1179,6 @@ static int rcu_process_dyntick(struct rcu_state *rsp, } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); } - return 0; } /* @@ -1193,7 +1190,6 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp, int relaxed) unsigned long flags; struct rcu_node *rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp); u8 forcenow; - u8 gpdone; if (!rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp)) return; /* No grace period in progress, nothing to force. */ @@ -1226,10 +1222,9 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp, int relaxed) break; /* So gcc recognizes the dead code. */ /* Record dyntick-idle state. */ - gpdone = rcu_process_dyntick(rsp, - dyntick_save_progress_counter); + rcu_process_dyntick(rsp, dyntick_save_progress_counter); spin_lock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs already disabled */ - if (gpdone) + if (!rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp)) break; /* fall into next case. */ @@ -1249,7 +1244,7 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp, int relaxed) /* Check dyntick-idle state, send IPI to laggarts. */ spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled */ - gpdone = rcu_process_dyntick(rsp, rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs); + rcu_process_dyntick(rsp, rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs); /* Leave state in case more forcing is required. */ -- 1.5.2.5