The ->lazy_len is only checked locklessly. Recheck again under the ->nocb_lock to avoid spending more time on flushing/waking if not necessary. The ->lazy_len can still increment concurrently (from 1 to infinity) but under the ->nocb_lock we at least know for sure if there are lazy callbacks at all (->lazy_len > 0). Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h index cb57e8312231..a3dc7465b0b2 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h @@ -1350,12 +1350,20 @@ lazy_rcu_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc) if (!rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp)) continue; + if (!READ_ONCE(rdp->lazy_len)) + continue; + + rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave(rdp, flags); + /* + * Recheck under the nocb lock. Since we are not holding the bypass + * lock we may still race with increments from the enqueuer but still + * we know for sure if there is at least one lazy callback. + */ _count = READ_ONCE(rdp->lazy_len); - - if (_count == 0) + if (!_count) { + rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(rdp, flags); continue; - - rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave(rdp, flags); + } WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_nocb_flush_bypass(rdp, NULL, jiffies, false)); rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(rdp, flags); wake_nocb_gp(rdp, false); -- 2.34.1