Re: [PATCH 2/2] srcu: Remove needless updating of srcu_have_cbs in srcu_gp_end()

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On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 11:40:14AM +0800, Pingfan Liu wrote:
> At present, snp->srcu_have_cbs[idx] is updated by either
> srcu_funnel_gp_start() or srcu_gp_end().
> 
> But as the code changes, now, srcu_funnel_gp_start() is called with srcu
> read lock held. And its input parameter s, s = rcu_seq_snap(&ssp->srcu_gp_seq),
> whose counter field always proceeds that of the srcu_gp_seq by one or two.
> 
> If the seq snap only proceeds by one, the state machine should be in
> state SRCU_STATE_IDLE, the held srcu read lock will prevent the state
> machine from moving ahead. So when srcu_gp_end() updates
> snp->srcu_have_cbs[idx], the idx must be the past idx for
> srcu_funnel_gp_start() that is cared by nobody.
> 
> So removing the unnecessary updating in srcu_gp_end().

This looks plausible, good eyes!

But is there a debug check that could verify that this is unnecessary?
Logical reasoning is all well and good, but the actual system always
wins arguments.  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul

> Test info:
>   Running "tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh --allcpus --duration 10h --configs 18*SRCU-P"
> without any failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: rcu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> index 7df59fc8073e..c54d6c04751f 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> @@ -783,8 +783,6 @@ static void srcu_gp_end(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
>  			last_lvl = snp >= ssp->level[rcu_num_lvls - 1];
>  			if (last_lvl)
>  				cbs = ss_state < SRCU_SIZE_BIG || snp->srcu_have_cbs[idx] == gpseq;
> -			snp->srcu_have_cbs[idx] = gpseq;
> -			rcu_seq_set_state(&snp->srcu_have_cbs[idx], 1);
>  			sgsne = snp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp;
>  			if (srcu_invl_snp_seq(sgsne) || ULONG_CMP_LT(sgsne, gpseq))
>  				WRITE_ONCE(snp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp, gpseq);
> -- 
> 2.31.1
> 



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