linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 5/5] rcu: Make rcu_gp_cleanup() write only once to ->gp

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Date:   Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:04:27 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 5/5] rcu: Make rcu_gp_cleanup() write only once to ->gp_flags

At the end of rcu_gp_cleanup(), if another grace period is needed, but
not via rcu_accelerate_cbs(), the ->gp_flags field is written twice,
once when making the new grace-period request, and once when clearing
all other types of requests.  This commit therefore adds an else-clause
to avoid this double write.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index fae4df831e52..2db3475c2924 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2117,8 +2117,9 @@ static void rcu_gp_cleanup(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 		rsp->gp_req_activity = jiffies;
 		trace_rcu_grace_period(rsp->name, READ_ONCE(rsp->gpnum),
 				       TPS("newreq"));
+	} else {
+		WRITE_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags, rsp->gp_flags & RCU_GP_FLAG_INIT);
 	}
-	WRITE_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags, rsp->gp_flags & RCU_GP_FLAG_INIT);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq_rcu_node(rnp);
 }
 
-- 
2.17.1