RE: [PATCH 1/3] srcu: Eliminate the requirement of SRCU_SIZE_WAIT_CALL

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>The state SRCU_SIZE_WAIT_CALL is only used in srcu_gp_start_if_needed().
>And it is not needed. Because counter_wrap_check has guarantee that both
>srcu_gp_seq_needed and srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp are not far behind
>srcu_gp_seq and no false alarm will be raised by the statement in
>srcu_gp_start_if_needed()
>
>  ULONG_CMP_LT(sdp->srcu_gp_seq_needed, s)
>
>As a result, once if SRCU_SIZE_WAIT_BARRIER is seen, the tree snp can be
>used immediately, not need to wait for another srcu_gp_end() to update
>the srcu_gp_seq_needed and srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp to avoid false alarm.
>
>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>
>Cc: "Zhang, Qiang1" <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: rcu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>---
> kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
>index 1c304fec89c0..fe0759d89c2d 100644
>--- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
>+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
>@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static unsigned long srcu_gp_start_if_needed(struct srcu_struct *ssp,
> 	check_init_srcu_struct(ssp);
> 	idx = srcu_read_lock(ssp);
> 	ss_state = smp_load_acquire(&ssp->srcu_size_state);
>-	if (ss_state < SRCU_SIZE_WAIT_CALL)
>+	if (ss_state < SRCU_SIZE_WAIT_BARRIER)
> 		sdp = per_cpu_ptr(ssp->sda, 0);

Hi Pingfan

should it be used get_boot_cpu_id() ?

Thanks
Zqiang

> 	else
> 		sdp = raw_cpu_ptr(ssp->sda);
>-- 
>2.31.1
>




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