rcu: Simplify priority boosting by putting rt_mutex in rcu_node
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thu, 12 Jun 2014 20:30:25 +0000 (13:30 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Wed, 9 Jul 2014 16:15:01 +0000 (09:15 -0700)
commitabaa93d9e1de2c29297e69ddba8ddd38f15064cf
tree127f64c80be6f30fed7265d42cbfc5b449853618
parent48bd8e9b82a750b983823f391c67e70553757afa
rcu: Simplify priority boosting by putting rt_mutex in rcu_node

RCU priority boosting currently checks for boosting via a pointer in
task_struct.  However, this is not needed: As Oleg noted, if the
rt_mutex is placed in the rcu_node instead of on the booster's stack,
the boostee can simply check it see if it owns the lock.  This commit
makes this change, shrinking task_struct by one pointer and the kernel
by thirteen lines.

Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
include/linux/init_task.h
include/linux/sched.h
kernel/rcu/tree.h
kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h