On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 02:57:22PM +0530, Onkarnarth wrote: > From: Onkarnath <onkarnath.1@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > With commit '6a010a49b63a ("cgroup: Make !percpu threadgroup_rwsem > operations optional")' usage of rcu_sync_enter_start is removed. > > So this function can also be removed. > > Signed-off-by: Onkarnath <onkarnath.1@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@xxxxxxxxxxx> Adding Oleg, Peter, and Tejun for their thoughts. Any objections? Thanx, Paul > --- > include/linux/rcu_sync.h | 1 - > kernel/rcu/sync.c | 16 ---------------- > 2 files changed, 17 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/rcu_sync.h b/include/linux/rcu_sync.h > index 0027d4c8087c..3860dbb9107a 100644 > --- a/include/linux/rcu_sync.h > +++ b/include/linux/rcu_sync.h > @@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ static inline bool rcu_sync_is_idle(struct rcu_sync *rsp) > } > > extern void rcu_sync_init(struct rcu_sync *); > -extern void rcu_sync_enter_start(struct rcu_sync *); > extern void rcu_sync_enter(struct rcu_sync *); > extern void rcu_sync_exit(struct rcu_sync *); > extern void rcu_sync_dtor(struct rcu_sync *); > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/sync.c b/kernel/rcu/sync.c > index e550f97779b8..86df878a2fee 100644 > --- a/kernel/rcu/sync.c > +++ b/kernel/rcu/sync.c > @@ -24,22 +24,6 @@ void rcu_sync_init(struct rcu_sync *rsp) > init_waitqueue_head(&rsp->gp_wait); > } > > -/** > - * rcu_sync_enter_start - Force readers onto slow path for multiple updates > - * @rsp: Pointer to rcu_sync structure to use for synchronization > - * > - * Must be called after rcu_sync_init() and before first use. > - * > - * Ensures rcu_sync_is_idle() returns false and rcu_sync_{enter,exit}() > - * pairs turn into NO-OPs. > - */ > -void rcu_sync_enter_start(struct rcu_sync *rsp) > -{ > - rsp->gp_count++; > - rsp->gp_state = GP_PASSED; > -} > - > - > static void rcu_sync_func(struct rcu_head *rhp); > > static void rcu_sync_call(struct rcu_sync *rsp) > -- > 2.25.1 >