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Date:	Mon, 5 May 2008 07:47:51 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca,
	mingo@...e.hu, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hch@...radead.org,
	mmlnx@...ibm.com, dipankar@...ibm.com, dsmith@...hat.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, adrian.bunk@...ial.fi, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	niv@...ibm.com, dvhltc@...ibm.com, rusty@....ibm.com,
	jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, oleg@...sign.ru,
	jamesclhuang@...oo.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] Add rcu_barrier_sched() and rcu_barrier_bh()

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 02:52:40PM +0530, Gautham R Shenoy wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 05:47:43PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > Add rcu_barrier_sched() and rcu_barrier_bh().  With these in place,
> > rcutorture no longer gives the occasional oops when repeatedly starting
> > and stopping torturing rcu_bh.  Also adds the API needed to flush out
> > pre-existing call_rcu_sched() callbacks.

Thank you again for looking it over!

> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
> > ---
> > 
> >  include/linux/rcupdate.h |    2 +
> >  kernel/rcupdate.c        |   55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> >  2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff -urpNa -X dontdiff linux-2.6.25-C2-rcuclassic-fixes/include/linux/rcupdate.h linux-2.6.25-C3-rcu_barrier_sched/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> > --- linux-2.6.25-C2-rcuclassic-fixes/include/linux/rcupdate.h	2008-04-17 08:10:33.000000000 -0700
> > +++ linux-2.6.25-C3-rcu_barrier_sched/include/linux/rcupdate.h	2008-04-21 11:33:07.000000000 -0700
> > @@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ extern void call_rcu_bh(struct rcu_head 
> >  /* Exported common interfaces */
> >  extern void synchronize_rcu(void);
> >  extern void rcu_barrier(void);
> > +extern void rcu_barrier_bh(void);
> > +extern void rcu_barrier_sched(void);
> >  extern long rcu_batches_completed(void);
> >  extern long rcu_batches_completed_bh(void);
> > 
> > diff -urpNa -X dontdiff linux-2.6.25-C2-rcuclassic-fixes/kernel/rcupdate.c linux-2.6.25-C3-rcu_barrier_sched/kernel/rcupdate.c
> > --- linux-2.6.25-C2-rcuclassic-fixes/kernel/rcupdate.c	2008-04-17 08:10:33.000000000 -0700
> > +++ linux-2.6.25-C3-rcu_barrier_sched/kernel/rcupdate.c	2008-04-21 11:33:08.000000000 -0700
> > @@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
> >  #include <linux/mutex.h>
> >  #include <linux/module.h>
> > 
> > +enum rcu_barrier {
> > +	RCU_BARRIER_STD,
> STD: Standard, I take it ?

Yep.  Could say just "RCU_BARRIER", or perhaps "RCU_BARRIER_CLASSIC".
Or comment each with the primitive they go with, perhaps better.

> > +	RCU_BARRIER_BH,
> > +	RCU_BARRIER_SCHED,
> > +};
> > +
> >  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_head, rcu_barrier_head) = {NULL};
> >  static atomic_t rcu_barrier_cpu_count;
> >  static DEFINE_MUTEX(rcu_barrier_mutex);
> > @@ -83,19 +89,30 @@ static void rcu_barrier_callback(struct 
> >  /*
> >   * Called with preemption disabled, and from cross-cpu IRQ context.
> >   */
> > -static void rcu_barrier_func(void *notused)
> > +static void rcu_barrier_func(void *type)
> >  {
> >  	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
> >  	struct rcu_head *head = &per_cpu(rcu_barrier_head, cpu);
> > 
> >  	atomic_inc(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count);
> > -	call_rcu(head, rcu_barrier_callback);
> > +	switch ((enum rcu_barrier)type) {
> > +	case RCU_BARRIER_STD:
> > +		call_rcu(head, rcu_barrier_callback);
> > +		break;
> > +	case RCU_BARRIER_BH:
> > +		call_rcu_bh(head, rcu_barrier_callback);
> > +		break;
> > +	case RCU_BARRIER_SCHED:
> > +		call_rcu_sched(head, rcu_barrier_callback);
> > +		break;
> > +	}
> >  }
> > 
> > -/**
> > - * rcu_barrier - Wait until all the in-flight RCUs are complete.
> > +/*
> > + * Orchestrate the specified type of RCU barrier, waiting for all
> > + * RCU callbacks of the specified type to complete.
> >   */
> > -void rcu_barrier(void)
> > +static void _rcu_barrier(enum rcu_barrier type)
> >  {
> >  	BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
> >  	/* Take cpucontrol mutex to protect against CPU hotplug */
> > @@ -111,13 +128,39 @@ void rcu_barrier(void)
> >  	 * until all the callbacks are queued.
> >  	 */
> >  	rcu_read_lock();
> > -	on_each_cpu(rcu_barrier_func, NULL, 0, 1);
> > +	on_each_cpu(rcu_barrier_func, (void *)type, 0, 1);
> >  	rcu_read_unlock();
> >  	wait_for_completion(&rcu_barrier_completion);
> >  	mutex_unlock(&rcu_barrier_mutex);
> >  }
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * rcu_barrier - Wait until all in-flight call_rcu() callbacks complete.
> > + */
> > +void rcu_barrier(void)
> > +{
> > +	_rcu_barrier(RCU_BARRIER_STD);
> > +}
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_barrier);
> > 
> > +/**
> > + * rcu_barrier_bh - Wait until all in-flight call_rcu_bh() callbacks complete.
> > + */
> > +void rcu_barrier_bh(void)
> > +{
> > +	_rcu_barrier(RCU_BARRIER_BH);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_barrier_bh);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * rcu_barrier_sched - Wait for in-flight call_rcu_sched() callbacks.
> > + */
> > +void rcu_barrier_sched(void)
> > +{
> > +	_rcu_barrier(RCU_BARRIER_SCHED);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_barrier_sched);
> > +
> >  void __init rcu_init(void)
> >  {
> >  	__rcu_init();
> 
> -- 
> Thanks and Regards
> gautham
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