[PATCH tip/core/rcu 22/27] rcu: Make rcu_seq_diff() more exact

Paul E. McKenney
2018-06-26T00:35:15Z

The current implementatation of rcu_seq_diff() follows tradition in
providing a rough-and-ready approximation of the number of elapsed grace
periods between the two rcu_seq values. However, this difference is
used to flag RCU-failure "near misses", which can be a valuable debugging
aid, so more exactitude would be an improvement. This commit therefore
improves the accuracy of rcu_seq_diff().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
kernel/rcu/rcu.h | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
index 60f089d08c47..46f12d0fe319 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
@@ -180,7 +180,20 @@ static inline bool rcu_seq_new_gp(unsigned long old, unsigned long new)
*/
static inline unsigned long rcu_seq_diff(unsigned long new, unsigned long old)
{
- return (new - old) >> RCU_SEQ_CTR_SHIFT;
+ unsigned long rnd_diff;
+
+ if (old == new)
+ return 0;
+ /*
+ * Compute the number of grace periods (still shifted up), plus
+ * one if either of new and old is not an exact grace period.
+ */
+ rnd_diff = (new & ~RCU_SEQ_STATE_MASK) -
+ ((old + RCU_SEQ_STATE_MASK) & ~RCU_SEQ_STATE_MASK) +
+ ((new & RCU_SEQ_STATE_MASK) || (old & RCU_SEQ_STATE_MASK));
+ if (ULONG_CMP_GE(RCU_SEQ_STATE_MASK, rnd_diff))
+ return 1; /* Definitely no grace period has elapsed. */
+ return ((rnd_diff - RCU_SEQ_STATE_MASK - 1) >> RCU_SEQ_CTR_SHIFT) + 2;
}

/*
--
2.17.1