linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 6/6] rcu: Use RCU's online-CPU state for expedited IPI retry

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 08:23:07 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        dvhart@...ux.intel.com, fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
        bobby.prani@...il.com,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 6/6] rcu: Use RCU's online-CPU state for expedited IPI retry

This commit improves the accuracy of the interaction between CPU hotplug
operations and RCU's expedited grace periods by using RCU's online-CPU
state to determine when failed IPIs should be retried.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
index 3bc4b3dda801..24343eb87b58 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
@@ -385,17 +385,16 @@ retry_ipi:
 				mask_ofl_ipi &= ~mask;
 				continue;
 			}
-			/* Failed, raced with offline. */
+			/* Failed, raced with CPU hotplug operation. */
 			raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
-			if (cpu_online(cpu) &&
+			if ((rnp->qsmaskinitnext & mask) &&
 			    (rnp->expmask & mask)) {
+				/* Online, so delay for a bit and try again. */
 				raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
 				schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
-				if (cpu_online(cpu) &&
-				    (rnp->expmask & mask))
-					goto retry_ipi;
-				raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
+				goto retry_ipi;
 			}
+			/* CPU really is offline, so we can ignore it. */
 			if (!(rnp->expmask & mask))
 				mask_ofl_ipi &= ~mask;
 			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
-- 
2.5.2