linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 tip/core/rcu 14/16] rcu: Remove redundant preempt_disable() from rcu_note_voluntary_context

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Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:56:18 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
	laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
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	dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, dvhart@...ux.intel.com,
	fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, bobby.prani@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 tip/core/rcu 14/16] rcu: Remove redundant
 preempt_disable() from rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch()

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 03:49:03PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> In theory, synchronize_sched() requires a read-side critical section to
> order against.  In practice, preemption can be thought of as being
> disabled across every machine instruction.  So this commit removes
> the redundant preempt_disable() from rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch().

>  #define rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(t) \
>  	do { \
> -		preempt_disable(); /* Exclude synchronize_sched(); */ \
>  		if (ACCESS_ONCE((t)->rcu_tasks_holdout)) \
>  			ACCESS_ONCE((t)->rcu_tasks_holdout) = 0; \
> -		preempt_enable(); \
>  	} while (0)

But that's more than 1 instruction.

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