On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 04:26:30PM -0800, paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > +/** > + * poll_state_synchronize_rcu - Conditionally wait for an RCU grace period > + * > + * @oldstate: return from call to get_state_synchronize_rcu() or start_poll_synchronize_rcu() > + * > + * If a full RCU grace period has elapsed since the earlier call from > + * which oldstate was obtained, return @true, otherwise return @false. > + * Otherwise, invoke synchronize_rcu() to wait for a full grace period. > + * > + * Yes, this function does not take counter wrap into account. > + * But counter wrap is harmless. If the counter wraps, we have waited for > + * more than 2 billion grace periods (and way more on a 64-bit system!). > + * Those needing to keep oldstate values for very long time periods > + * (many hours even on 32-bit systems) should check them occasionally > + * and either refresh them or set a flag indicating that the grace period > + * has completed. > + */ > +bool poll_state_synchronize_rcu(unsigned long oldstate) > +{ > + if (rcu_seq_done(&rcu_state.gp_seq, oldstate)) { > + smp_mb(); /* Ensure GP ends before subsequent accesses. */ > + return true; > + } > + return false; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(poll_state_synchronize_rcu); > + > +/** > * cond_synchronize_rcu - Conditionally wait for an RCU grace period > * > * @oldstate: return value from earlier call to get_state_synchronize_rcu() > * > * If a full RCU grace period has elapsed since the earlier call to > - * get_state_synchronize_rcu(), just return. Otherwise, invoke > - * synchronize_rcu() to wait for a full grace period. > + * get_state_synchronize_rcu() or start_poll_synchronize_rcu(), just return. > + * Otherwise, invoke synchronize_rcu() to wait for a full grace period. > * > * Yes, this function does not take counter wrap into account. But > * counter wrap is harmless. If the counter wraps, we have waited for > @@ -3804,7 +3864,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_state_synchronize_rcu); > */ > void cond_synchronize_rcu(unsigned long oldstate) > { > - if (!rcu_seq_done(&rcu_state.gp_seq, oldstate)) > + if (!poll_state_synchronize_rcu(oldstate)) > synchronize_rcu(); > else > smp_mb(); /* Ensure GP ends before subsequent accesses. */ poll_state_synchronize_rcu() already does the full barrier. > -- > 2.9.5 >