From 0f10dc826646134dce3e5751512b87d30f3903e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 15:09:06 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Eliminate rcu_process_dyntick() return value Because a new grace period cannot start while we are executing within the force_quiescent_state() function's switch statement, if any test within that switch statement or within any function called from that switch statement shows that the current grace period has ended, we can safely re-do that test any time before we leave the switch statement. This means that we no longer need a return value from rcu_process_dyntick(), as we can simply invoke rcu_gp_in_progress() to check whether the old grace period has finished -- there is no longer any need to worry about whether or not a new grace period has been started. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com Cc: niv@us.ibm.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: dhowells@redhat.com LKML-Reference: <12626465501857-git-send-email-> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/rcutree.c | 17 ++++++----------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c index c7d0070..e497119 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c @@ -1144,11 +1144,9 @@ void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user) /* * Scan the leaf rcu_node structures, processing dyntick state for any that * have not yet encountered a quiescent state, using the function specified. - * Returns 1 if the current grace period ends while scanning (possibly - * because we made it end). */ -static int rcu_process_dyntick(struct rcu_state *rsp, - int (*f)(struct rcu_data *)) +static void rcu_process_dyntick(struct rcu_state *rsp, + int (*f)(struct rcu_data *)) { unsigned long bit; int cpu; @@ -1161,7 +1159,7 @@ static int rcu_process_dyntick(struct rcu_state *rsp, spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags); if (rnp->completed != rsp->gpnum - 1) { spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); - return 1; + return; } if (rnp->qsmask == 0) { spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); @@ -1181,7 +1179,6 @@ static int rcu_process_dyntick(struct rcu_state *rsp, } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); } - return 0; } /* @@ -1193,7 +1190,6 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp, int relaxed) unsigned long flags; struct rcu_node *rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp); u8 forcenow; - u8 gpdone; if (!rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp)) return; /* No grace period in progress, nothing to force. */ @@ -1226,10 +1222,9 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp, int relaxed) break; /* So gcc recognizes the dead code. */ /* Record dyntick-idle state. */ - gpdone = rcu_process_dyntick(rsp, - dyntick_save_progress_counter); + rcu_process_dyntick(rsp, dyntick_save_progress_counter); spin_lock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs already disabled */ - if (gpdone) + if (!rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp)) break; /* fall into next case. */ @@ -1249,7 +1244,7 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp, int relaxed) /* Check dyntick-idle state, send IPI to laggarts. */ spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled */ - gpdone = rcu_process_dyntick(rsp, rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs); + rcu_process_dyntick(rsp, rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs); /* Leave state in case more forcing is required. */ -- 2.7.4