[tip:core/rcu] sched/membarrier: Replace synchronize_sched() with synchronize_rcu()

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Commit-ID:  78d125d33858d00756baf0f40e75e77dcbfbea55
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/78d125d33858d00756baf0f40e75e77dcbfbea55
Author:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:36:43 -0700
Committer:  Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 21:43:20 -0800

sched/membarrier: Replace synchronize_sched() with synchronize_rcu()

Now that synchronize_rcu() waits for preempt-disable regions of code
as well as RCU read-side critical sections, the synchronize_sched()
in sys_membarrier() can be replaced by synchronize_rcu().  This commit
therefore makes this change.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sched/membarrier.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
index 76e0eaf4654e..388a7a6c1aa2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(membarrier, int, cmd, int, flags)
 		if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if (num_online_cpus() > 1)
-			synchronize_sched();
+			synchronize_rcu();
 		return 0;
 	case MEMBARRIER_CMD_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED:
 		return membarrier_global_expedited();



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