Near the beginning of rcu_gp_init() is a per-rcu_node loop that waits
for CPU-hotplug operations that might have started before the new
grace period did. This commit adds a comment explaining that this
wait does not exclude CPU-hotplug operations.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 0bfebec94277..e6e1b9281530 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1775,6 +1775,8 @@ static noinline_for_stack bool rcu_gp_init(void)
*/
WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_state, RCU_GP_ONOFF);
rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rnp) {
+ // Wait for CPU-hotplug operations that might have
+ // started before this grace period did.
smp_mb(); // Pair with barriers used when updating ->ofl_seq to odd values.
firstseq = READ_ONCE(rnp->ofl_seq);
if (firstseq & 0x1)
--
2.31.1.189.g2e36527f23
