linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] rcu: export rcu_note_context

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:11:17 +0300
From:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	mtosatti@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] rcu: export rcu_note_context_switch() function

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 01:01:04PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 04/28/2011 12:52 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> >Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov<gleb@...hat.com>
> >@@ -93,11 +93,7 @@ static inline int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu)
> >
> >  #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TINY_RCU */
> >
> >-static inline void rcu_note_context_switch(int cpu)
> >-{
> >-	rcu_sched_qs(cpu);
> >-	rcu_preempt_note_context_switch();
> >-}
> >+extern void rcu_note_context_switch(int cpu);
> >
> 
> Why are you uninlining this function?  Why not export the two
> functions it calls instead?
> 
To keep exported interface uniformal between both rcu implementations.
I do not think that rcu_note_context_switch() is inlined for
performance reason since two functions it calls are quite big in rcutiny
implementation. Paul what do you think?
 
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			Gleb.
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