linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/4] cleanups, fixes for rcu/dev

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Date:   Tue, 22 May 2018 23:38:11 -0700
From:   Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, byungchul.park@....com,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Peter Zilstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] cleanups, fixes for rcu/dev

Hi Paul,

Here's an updated series for rcu/dev addressing some of your comments along
with the performance optimization. I also threw in the RCU-tasks speed up
patch again, hopefully that doesn't annoy you :)

cheers,
 - Joel

Joel Fernandes (Google) (4):
  rcu: Speed up calling of RCU tasks callbacks
  rcu: Add comment documenting how rcu_seq_snap works
  rcu: Use better variable names in funnel locking loop
  rcu: Identify grace period is in progress as we advance up the tree

 kernel/rcu/rcu.h    | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 kernel/rcu/tree.c   | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 kernel/rcu/update.c | 12 +++++++++-
 3 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

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