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* [PATCH] rcu: remove the context test in rcu_read_unlock_special()
@ 2012-03-29  8:21 Lai Jiangshan
  2012-03-29 21:56 ` Paul E. McKenney
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lai Jiangshan @ 2012-03-29  8:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paul E. McKenney, Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar, LKML

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);
-	}
 }
 
 /*

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2012-03-29 21:56 ` Paul E. McKenney
2012-04-02  6:32   ` Lai Jiangshan
2012-04-02 14:06     ` Paul E. McKenney

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