Re: [PATCH 3/8] srcu: Use local_lock() for per-CPU struct srcu_data access

Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-20T18:36:01Z

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 08:28:00PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 2020-05-20 13:42:59 [-0400], Joel Fernandes wrote:
> > Hi Sebastian,
> Hi Joel,
>
> > For pointer stability, can we just use get_local_ptr() and put_local_ptr()
> > instead of adding an extra lock? This keeps the pointer stable while keeping
> > the section preemptible on -rt. And we already have a lock in rcu_data, I
> > prefer not to add another lock if possible.
>
> What is this get_local_ptr() doing? I can't find it anywhere…

I suspect it is ({ preempt_disable(); this_cpu_ptr(ptr); }), or
something along those lines.

But yeah, I can't find it either.