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Message-ID: <53C86615.3040107@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 20:11:01 -0400 From: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com> To: paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com CC: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>, "open list:READ-COPY UPDATE..." <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] rcu: Check for have_rcu_nocb_mask instead of rcu_nocb_mask On 07/17/2014 07:49 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 05:30:11PM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote: >> Hi Paul, >> >> This is something similar to what you found yesterday with tick_nohz_full mask. >> >> -- >> Pranith >> >> If we configure a kernel with CONFIG_NOCB_CPU=y, CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE=y and >> CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=n and do not pass in a rcu_nocb= boot parameter, the >> cpumask rcu_nocb_mask can be garbage instead of NULL. >> >> Hence this commit replaces checks for rcu_nocb_mask == NULL with a check for >> have_rcu_nocb_mask. >> >> Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com> > > Good catch! Could you please forward-port this to current rcu/dev? > This now includes the fix you mentioned above, which generates conflicts. > > Could you please also fix the use in rcu_is_nocb_cpu()? > > And please see the comment below. > Please find the fixed patch. -- Pranith From: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 20:02:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] rcu: Feedback comments If we configure a kernel with CONFIG_NOCB_CPU=y, CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE=y and CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=n and do not pass in a rcu_nocb= boot parameter, the cpumask rcu_nocb_mask can be garbage instead of NULL. Hence this commit replaces checks for rcu_nocb_mask == NULL with a check for have_rcu_nocb_mask. Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com> --- kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h index ce8c331..8f987c1 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h @@ -2053,9 +2053,10 @@ static void rcu_init_one_nocb(struct rcu_node *rnp) /* Is the specified CPU a no-CBs CPU? */ bool rcu_is_nocb_cpu(int cpu) { - if (have_rcu_nocb_mask) - return cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, rcu_nocb_mask); - return false; + if (!have_rcu_nocb_mask) + return false; + + return cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, rcu_nocb_mask); } #endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL */ @@ -2540,7 +2541,7 @@ static void __init rcu_organize_nocb_kthreads(struct rcu_state *rsp) struct rcu_data *rdp_leader = NULL; /* Suppress misguided gcc warn. */ struct rcu_data *rdp_prev = NULL; - if (rcu_nocb_mask == NULL) + if (!have_rcu_nocb_mask) return; #if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) && !defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL) if (tick_nohz_full_running) @@ -2574,9 +2575,9 @@ static void __init rcu_organize_nocb_kthreads(struct rcu_state *rsp) /* Prevent __call_rcu() from enqueuing callbacks on no-CBs CPUs */ static bool init_nocb_callback_list(struct rcu_data *rdp) { - if (rcu_nocb_mask == NULL || - !cpumask_test_cpu(rdp->cpu, rcu_nocb_mask)) + if (!rcu_is_nocb_cpu(rdp->cpu)) return false; + rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL] = NULL; return true; } -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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