linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 22/41] rcu: Simplify unboosting checks

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Date:	Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:48:12 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com,
	dipankar@...ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
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	dhowells@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com, darren@...art.com,
	fweisbec@...il.com, patches@...aro.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 22/41] rcu: Simplify unboosting checks

On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 06:38:47PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 11:41:40AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>
> > 
> > This is a port of commit #82e78d80 from TREE_PREEMPT_RCU to
> > TINY_PREEMPT_RCU.
> > 
> > This commit uses the fact that current->rcu_boost_mutex is set
> > any time that the RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BOOSTED flag is set in the
> > current->rcu_read_unlock_special bitmask.  This allows tests of
> > the bit to be changed to tests of the pointer, which in turn allows
> > the RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BOOSTED flag to be eliminated.
> 
> Does this change affect rcu_read_unlock()'s logic to trigger the
> slowpath only when special flags get set?

Interestingly enough, it does not.  The only way a task can be subjected
to RCU priority boosting is for that task to block sometime in its
current RCU read-side critical section.  When the task blocks, the
RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BLOCKED flag will be set.  Therefore, any time that the
current->rcu_boost_mutex pointer is non-NULL, the RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BLOCKED
flag will be set, so the current test of current->rcu_read_unlock_special
against zero continues to work correctly.

OK, OK, I will update the commit message with words to this effect.  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul

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