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Message-ID: <20080522131026.GA16156@Krystal>
Date:	Thu, 22 May 2008 09:10:26 -0400
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
To:	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH] Markers Use RCU sched

rcu_barrier_sched and call_rcu_sched has been introduced in 2.6.26 for the
Markers. Change the marker code to use them.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
CC: Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ibm.com>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---
 kernel/marker.c |   25 ++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6-sched-devel/kernel/marker.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-sched-devel.orig/kernel/marker.c	2008-05-22 05:33:07.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6-sched-devel/kernel/marker.c	2008-05-22 05:35:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
 	hlist_del(&e->hlist);
 	/* Make sure the call_rcu has been executed */
 	if (e->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier();
+		rcu_barrier_sched();
 	kfree(e);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@
 	hlist_del(&(*entry)->hlist);
 	/* Make sure the call_rcu has been executed */
 	if ((*entry)->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier();
+		rcu_barrier_sched();
 	kfree(*entry);
 	*entry = e;
 	trace_mark(core_marker_format, "name %s format %s",
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@
 	 * make sure it's executed now.
 	 */
 	if (entry->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier();
+		rcu_barrier_sched();
 	old = marker_entry_add_probe(entry, probe, probe_private);
 	if (IS_ERR(old)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(old);
@@ -674,10 +674,7 @@
 	entry->rcu_pending = 1;
 	/* write rcu_pending before calling the RCU callback */
 	smp_wmb();
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
-	synchronize_sched();	/* Until we have the call_rcu_sched() */
-#endif
-	call_rcu(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
+	call_rcu_sched(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
 end:
 	mutex_unlock(&markers_mutex);
 	return ret;
@@ -708,7 +705,7 @@
 	if (!entry)
 		goto end;
 	if (entry->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier();
+		rcu_barrier_sched();
 	old = marker_entry_remove_probe(entry, probe, probe_private);
 	mutex_unlock(&markers_mutex);
 	marker_update_probes();		/* may update entry */
@@ -720,10 +717,7 @@
 	entry->rcu_pending = 1;
 	/* write rcu_pending before calling the RCU callback */
 	smp_wmb();
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
-	synchronize_sched();	/* Until we have the call_rcu_sched() */
-#endif
-	call_rcu(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
+	call_rcu_sched(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
 	remove_marker(name);	/* Ignore busy error message */
 	ret = 0;
 end:
@@ -790,7 +784,7 @@
 		goto end;
 	}
 	if (entry->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier();
+		rcu_barrier_sched();
 	old = marker_entry_remove_probe(entry, NULL, probe_private);
 	mutex_unlock(&markers_mutex);
 	marker_update_probes();		/* may update entry */
@@ -801,10 +795,7 @@
 	entry->rcu_pending = 1;
 	/* write rcu_pending before calling the RCU callback */
 	smp_wmb();
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
-	synchronize_sched();	/* Until we have the call_rcu_sched() */
-#endif
-	call_rcu(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
+	call_rcu_sched(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
 	remove_marker(entry->name);	/* Ignore busy error message */
 end:
 	mutex_unlock(&markers_mutex);
-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
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