linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rcu: Remove the unnecessary separate function, rcu_preempt_do

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Date:   Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:15:14 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
Cc:     jiangshanlai@...il.com, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rcu: Remove the unnecessary separate function,
 rcu_preempt_do_callback()

On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:11:36 +0900
Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com> wrote:

> rcu_preemptp_do_callback() was introduced in commit 09223371dea(rcu:
> Use softirq to address performance regression), where it had to be
> distinguished between in the case CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU is set and
> it's not.
> 
> Now that the code was cleaned up so that rcu_preemt_do_callback() is
> only called in rcu_kthread_do_work() in the same file, tree_plugin.h,
> we don't have to keep the separate function anymore. Remove it for a
> better readability.

Looks good to me (looks like commit f8b7fc6b51 "rcu: use softirq
instead of kthreads except when RCU_BOOST=y" cleaned up the ifdefs and
removed the requirement).

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>

-- Steve