[tip:core/rcu] rcu: Replace smp_wmb() with smp_store_release() for stall check

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Commit-ID:  91f63ced7dc4e80acd13386204327d5de00a672d
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/91f63ced7dc4e80acd13386204327d5de00a672d
Author:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 1 May 2018 15:05:45 -0700
Committer:  Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 15:39:01 -0700

rcu: Replace smp_wmb() with smp_store_release() for stall check

This commit gets rid of the smp_wmb() in record_gp_stall_check_time()
in favor of an smp_store_release().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index a4277c1087d9..439228b79811 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1246,9 +1246,9 @@ static void record_gp_stall_check_time(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	unsigned long j1;
 
 	rsp->gp_start = j;
-	smp_wmb(); /* Record start time before stall time. */
 	j1 = rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check();
-	WRITE_ONCE(rsp->jiffies_stall, j + j1);
+	/* Record ->gp_start before ->jiffies_stall. */
+	smp_store_release(&rsp->jiffies_stall, j + j1); /* ^^^ */
 	rsp->jiffies_resched = j + j1 / 2;
 	rsp->n_force_qs_gpstart = READ_ONCE(rsp->n_force_qs);
 }
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