Re: [PATCH] kernel/rcutree.c: deem to be lazy if there are no callbacks.

["Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 11:51:23AM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
> 
> 
> If 'hc' is false, 'al' will never be false, either (only need check
> "irdp->qlen != rdp->qlen_lazy' when 'rdp->nxtlist' existance).
> 
> Recommend to improve the related code, like the diff below.

Are you sure that this represents an improvement?  If so, why?

Or to put it another way, I see a patch that increases the size of the
kernel by three lines.  What is the corresponding benefit given common
kernel workloads?

							Thanx, Paul

> ----------------------------------diff begin------------------------------------
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
> index 5b53a89..421caf0 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcutree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
> @@ -2719,10 +2719,13 @@ static int rcd'_cpu_has_callbacks(int cpu, bool *all_lazy)
> 
>  	for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp) {
>  		rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu);
> -		if (rdp->qlen != rdp->qlen_lazy)
> -			al = false;
> -		if (rdp->nxtlist)
> +		if (rdp->nxtlist) {
>  			hc = true;
> +			if (rdp->qlen != rdp->qlen_lazy) {
> +				al = false;
> +				break;
> +			}
> +		}
>  	}
>  	if (all_lazy)
>  		*all_lazy = al;
> 
> ----------------------------------diff end--------------------------------------
> 
> 
> On 08/20/2013 11:50 AM, Chen Gang wrote:
> > According to the comment above rcu_cpu_has_callbacks(): "If there are
> > no callbacks, all of them are deemed to be lazy".
> > 
> > So when both 'hc' and 'al' are false, '*all_lazy' should be true, not
> > false.
> > 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com>
> > ---
> >  kernel/rcutree.c |    2 +-
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
> > index 5b53a89..9ee9565 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcutree.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
> > @@ -2725,7 +2725,7 @@ static int rcu_cpu_has_callbacks(int cpu, bool *all_lazy)
> >  			hc = true;
> >  	}
> >  	if (all_lazy)
> > -		*all_lazy = al;
> > +		*all_lazy = !hc ? true : al;
> >  	return hc;
> >  }
> >  
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Chen Gang
>