linux-kernel - Query regarding srcu_funnel_exp

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Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2017 14:23:07 +0530
From:   Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@...eaurora.org>
To:     paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, josh@...htriplett.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Query regarding srcu_funnel_exp_start()

Hi,

One query regarding srcu_funnel_exp_start() function in 
kernel/rcu/srcutree.c.

static void srcu_funnel_exp_start(struct srcu_struct *sp, struct 
srcu_node *snp,
				  unsigned long s)
{
	<snip>
	if (!ULONG_CMP_LT(sp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp, s))
		sp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp = s;
	<snip>
}

Why is sp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp set to 's' if srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp is >=
's'. Shouldn't srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp be equal to the greater of both?


Thanks
Neeraj

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