From: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxx> Add a comment to explain why !rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp() condition is required on root rnp node, for GP completion check in rcu_gp_fqs_loop(). Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index 7d8e9cb852786..cdffb3b60ee02 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -2005,7 +2005,15 @@ static noinline_for_stack void rcu_gp_fqs_loop(void) rcu_gp_torture_wait(); WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_state, RCU_GP_DOING_FQS); /* Locking provides needed memory barriers. */ - /* If grace period done, leave loop. */ + /* + * Exit the loop if the root rcu_node structure indicates that the grace period + * has ended, leave the loop. The rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp) check + * is required only for single-node rcu_node trees because readers blocking + * the current grace period are queued only on leaf rcu_node structures. + * For multi-node trees, checking the root node's ->qsmask suffices, because a + * given root node's ->qsmask bit is cleared only when all CPUs and tasks from + * the corresponding leaf nodes have passed through their quiescent state. + */ if (!READ_ONCE(rnp->qsmask) && !rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp)) break; -- 2.31.1.189.g2e36527f23
