On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 12:32:09PM +0530, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote: > Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxx> Good eyes! This has since been replaced by the ->can_boost field of the rcu_torture_ops structure. Queued for review and testing, thank you! Thanx, Paul > --- > kernel/rcu/tree.h | 5 ++--- > kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 2 -- > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h > index 4b889081f4f4..caea946700f3 100644 > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h > @@ -303,9 +303,8 @@ struct rcu_state { > > /* The following fields are guarded by the root rcu_node's lock. */ > > - u8 boost ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp; > - /* Subject to priority boost. */ > - unsigned long gp_seq; /* Grace-period sequence #. */ > + unsigned long gp_seq ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp; > + /* Grace-period sequence #. */ > unsigned long gp_max; /* Maximum GP duration in */ > /* jiffies. */ > struct task_struct *gp_kthread; /* Task for grace periods. */ > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h > index 1439cb3680eb..54ef0e8c8742 100644 > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h > @@ -1174,8 +1174,6 @@ static void rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp) > if (rnp->boost_kthread_task || !rcu_scheduler_fully_active) > goto out; > > - rcu_state.boost = 1; > - > t = kthread_create(rcu_boost_kthread, (void *)rnp, > "rcub/%d", rnp_index); > if (WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ERR(t))) > -- > 2.17.1 >