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From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] rcu: remove the context test in rcu_read_unlock_special()
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:21:44 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F741B98.2070709@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)

Because of commit#26861f and #10f39bb1b2, the context test in
rcu_read_unlock_special() are not needed.

commit#26861f and #10f39bb1b2 ensure ->rcu_read_unlock_special is zero
after rcu_read_unlock(), which implies:

if ->rcu_read_unlock_special is non-zero, the out-most RCU C.S. can
be interrupted or can be preempted, such context is safe to
call rcu_read_unlock_special().

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
diff --git a/kernel/rcutiny_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutiny_plugin.h
index 22ecea0..22e2ef1 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutiny_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutiny_plugin.h
@@ -571,12 +571,6 @@ static noinline void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
 	if (special & RCU_READ_UNLOCK_NEED_QS)
 		rcu_preempt_cpu_qs();
 
-	/* Hardware IRQ handlers cannot block. */
-	if (in_irq() || in_serving_softirq()) {
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/* Clean up if blocked during RCU read-side critical section. */
 	if (special & RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BLOCKED) {
 		t->rcu_read_unlock_special &= ~RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BLOCKED;
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index c023464..2bd3689 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -338,12 +338,6 @@ static noinline void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
 		rcu_preempt_qs(smp_processor_id());
 	}
 
-	/* Hardware IRQ handlers cannot block. */
-	if (in_irq() || in_serving_softirq()) {
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/* Clean up if blocked during RCU read-side critical section. */
 	if (special & RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BLOCKED) {
 		t->rcu_read_unlock_special &= ~RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BLOCKED;
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 671f959..7074f97 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -318,12 +318,8 @@ static inline void invoke_softirq(void)
 #else
 		do_softirq();
 #endif
-	} else {
-		__local_bh_disable((unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0),
-				SOFTIRQ_OFFSET);
+	} else
 		wakeup_softirqd();
-		__local_bh_enable(SOFTIRQ_OFFSET);
-	}
 }
 
 /*

             reply	other threads:[~2012-03-29  8:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-29  8:21 Lai Jiangshan [this message]
2012-03-29 21:56 ` [PATCH] rcu: remove the context test in rcu_read_unlock_special() Paul E. McKenney
2012-04-02  6:32   ` Lai Jiangshan
2012-04-02 14:06     ` Paul E. McKenney

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