Re: [PATCH v3] rcu: Change return type of rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread()

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

On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 02:11:03PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 01, 2019 at 01:12:16PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 01, 2019 at 09:40:39AM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I tested again if the WARN_ON_ONCE() is fired with my box.
> > > 
> > > And it was OK.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Byungchul
> > 
> > And it now applies just fine, so I have queued it, thank you!
> > 
> > In the future, could you please use something like "git send-email"
> > to email a proper patch?  When you do it this way, after I do "git am",
> > I have to hand-edit the commit to remove this preamble.
> 
> Oh! Sorry to hear that. I've been always using "git send-email" with
> scissors in the body expecting you do "git am -c". Do you mean it's not
> a good way, right? I won't use the scissors again.

Ah.  First I have heard of the "-c" argument to "git am".  OK, now that
I know, feel free to continue sending me scissored patches, and thank
you for calling my attention to this feature!

Actually, I just updated my git config to make "-c" the default.  That
way I don't have to remember.  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul

> > But while I was doing the hand-editing, I updated the commit log as
> > follows:
> > 
> > 	rcu: Change return type of rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread()
> > 
> > 	The return value of rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread() is not used
> > 	any longer.  This commit therefore changes its return type from
> > 	int to void, and removes the cast to void from its callers.
> > 
> > Does that work for you?
> 
> Sure. Thank you.
> 
> Thanks,
> Byungchul
> 
> > 						Thanx, Paul
> > 
> > > Changes from v2
> > > -. Port the patch to a1af11a24cb0 (Paul's request)
> > > -. Add a few new lines for a better look
> > > 
> > > Changes from v1
> > > -. WARN_ON_ONCE() on failing to create rcu_boost_kthread.
> > > -. Changed title and commit message a bit.
> > > 
> > > ---8<---
> > > >From 20c934c5657a7a0f13ebb050ffd350d4174965d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > From: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>
> > > Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 09:27:15 +0900
> > > Subject: [PATCH v3] rcu: Change return type of rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread()
> > > 
> > > The return value of rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread() is not used any
> > > longer. Change return type of that function from int to void.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>
> > > ---
> > >  kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 20 +++++++++++---------
> > >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> > > index c588ef9..b8eea22 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> > > @@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp)
> > >   * already exist.  We only create this kthread for preemptible RCU.
> > >   * Returns zero if all is well, a negated errno otherwise.
> > >   */
> > > -static int rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
> > > +static void rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
> > >  {
> > >  	int rnp_index = rnp - rcu_get_root();
> > >  	unsigned long flags;
> > > @@ -1127,25 +1127,27 @@ static int rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
> > >  	struct task_struct *t;
> > >  
> > >  	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU))
> > > -		return 0;
> > > +		return;
> > >  
> > >  	if (!rcu_scheduler_fully_active || rcu_rnp_online_cpus(rnp) == 0)
> > > -		return 0;
> > > +		return;
> > >  
> > >  	rcu_state.boost = 1;
> > > +
> > >  	if (rnp->boost_kthread_task != NULL)
> > > -		return 0;
> > > +		return;
> > > +
> > >  	t = kthread_create(rcu_boost_kthread, (void *)rnp,
> > >  			   "rcub/%d", rnp_index);
> > > -	if (IS_ERR(t))
> > > -		return PTR_ERR(t);
> > > +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ERR(t)))
> > > +		return;
> > > +
> > >  	raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
> > >  	rnp->boost_kthread_task = t;
> > >  	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
> > >  	sp.sched_priority = kthread_prio;
> > >  	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
> > >  	wake_up_process(t); /* get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */
> > > -	return 0;
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  /*
> > > @@ -1186,7 +1188,7 @@ static void __init rcu_spawn_boost_kthreads(void)
> > >  	struct rcu_node *rnp;
> > >  
> > >  	rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rnp)
> > > -		(void)rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rnp);
> > > +		rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rnp);
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
> > > @@ -1196,7 +1198,7 @@ static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
> > >  
> > >  	/* Fire up the incoming CPU's kthread and leaf rcu_node kthread. */
> > >  	if (rcu_scheduler_fully_active)
> > > -		(void)rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rnp);
> > > +		rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rnp);
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
> > > -- 
> > > 1.9.1
> > > 
>