On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 9:33 AM Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h > index 84daaa33ea0ab..4ba96e2cfa405 100644 > --- a/include/linux/srcu.h > +++ b/include/linux/srcu.h ... > +static inline int srcu_read_lock_lite(struct srcu_struct *ssp) __acquires(ssp) > +{ > + int retval; > + > + srcu_check_read_flavor(ssp, SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_LITE); > + retval = __srcu_read_lock_lite(ssp); > + rcu_try_lock_acquire(&ssp->dep_map); > + return retval; > +} ... > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c > index 602b4b8c4b891..bab888e86b9bb 100644 > --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c > +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c > +int __srcu_read_lock_lite(struct srcu_struct *ssp) > +{ > + int idx; > + > + RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(), "RCU must be watching srcu_read_lock_lite()."); > + idx = READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx) & 0x1; > + this_cpu_inc(ssp->sda->srcu_lock_count[idx].counter); /* Y */ > + barrier(); /* Avoid leaking the critical section. */ > + return idx; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__srcu_read_lock_lite); The use cases where smp_mb() penalty is noticeable probably will notice the cost of extra call too. Can the main part be in srcu.h as well to make it truly "lite" ? Otherwise we'd have to rely on compilers doing LTO which may or may not happen.