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Message-ID: <20120308192507.GM2348@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:25:07 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca,
	josh@...htriplett.org, niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	dhowells@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com, darren@...art.com,
	fweisbec@...il.com, patches@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] use "int trycount" instead of "bool expedited"

On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 05:57:35PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>

This looks good, but does not apply.  I will push to -rcu, and then you
can tell me what I am missing.

							Thanx, Paul

> ---
>  kernel/srcu.c |   27 ++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/srcu.c b/kernel/srcu.c
> index fbe2d5f..d5f3450 100644
> --- a/kernel/srcu.c
> +++ b/kernel/srcu.c
> @@ -254,12 +254,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__srcu_read_unlock);
>   * we repeatedly block for 1-millisecond time periods.  This approach
>   * has done well in testing, so there is no need for a config parameter.
>   */
> -#define SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_READER_DELAY 5
> +#define SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_READER_DELAY	5
> +#define SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_TRYCOUNT	2
> +#define SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_EXP_TRYCOUNT	12
> 
> -static void wait_idx(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx, bool expedited)
> +static void wait_idx(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx, int trycount)
>  {
> -	int trycount = 0;
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * If a reader fetches the index before the ->completed increment,
>  	 * but increments its counter after srcu_readers_active_idx_check()
> @@ -278,9 +278,10 @@ static void wait_idx(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx, bool expedited)
>  	if (!srcu_readers_active_idx_check(sp, idx)) {
>  		udelay(SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_READER_DELAY);
>  		while (!srcu_readers_active_idx_check(sp, idx)) {
> -			if (expedited && ++ trycount < 10)
> +			if (trycount > 0) {
> +				trycount--;
>  				udelay(SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_READER_DELAY);
> -			else
> +			} else
>  				schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
>  		}
>  	}
> @@ -310,18 +311,18 @@ static void wait_idx(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx, bool expedited)
>   * by the next __synchronize_srcu() invoking wait_idx() for such readers
>   * before starting a new grace period.
>   */
> -static void flip_idx_and_wait(struct srcu_struct *sp, bool expedited)
> +static void flip_idx_and_wait(struct srcu_struct *sp, int trycount)
>  {
>  	int idx;
> 
>  	idx = sp->completed++ & 0x1;
> -	wait_idx(sp, idx, expedited);
> +	wait_idx(sp, idx, trycount);
>  }
> 
>  /*
>   * Helper function for synchronize_srcu() and synchronize_srcu_expedited().
>   */
> -static void __synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp, bool expedited)
> +static void __synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp, int trycount)
>  {
>  	rcu_lockdep_assert(!lock_is_held(&sp->dep_map) &&
>  			   !lock_is_held(&rcu_bh_lock_map) &&
> @@ -357,14 +358,14 @@ static void __synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp, bool expedited)
>  	 * fetching ->completed and incrementing their counter, wait_idx()
>  	 * will normally not need to wait.
>  	 */
> -	wait_idx(sp, (sp->completed - 1) & 0x1, expedited);
> +	wait_idx(sp, (sp->completed - 1) & 0x1, trycount);
> 
>  	/*
>  	 * Now that wait_idx() has waited for the really old readers,
>  	 * invoke flip_idx_and_wait() to flip the counter and wait
>  	 * for current SRCU readers.
>  	 */
> -	flip_idx_and_wait(sp, expedited);
> +	flip_idx_and_wait(sp, trycount);
> 
>  	mutex_unlock(&sp->mutex);
>  }
> @@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ static void __synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp, bool expedited)
>   */
>  void synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp)
>  {
> -	__synchronize_srcu(sp, 0);
> +	__synchronize_srcu(sp, SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_TRYCOUNT);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_srcu);
> 
> @@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_srcu);
>   */
>  void synchronize_srcu_expedited(struct srcu_struct *sp)
>  {
> -	__synchronize_srcu(sp, 1);
> +	__synchronize_srcu(sp, SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_EXP_TRYCOUNT);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_srcu_expedited);
> 
> -- 
> 1.7.4.4
> 

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