linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Signed-off-by missing for commit in the rcu tree

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Message-ID: <0d3da4c4-1eb3-bcdc-690b-7f864ab35073@huawei.com>
Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2017 10:48:19 +0800
From:   Lihao Liang <lianglihao@...wei.com>
To:     <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
CC:     Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Signed-off-by missing for commit in the rcu tree

Hi Paul,

Signed-off-by: Lihao Liang <lihao.liang@...il.com>

Many thanks,
Lihao.

On 2017/11/29 9:14, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 11:51:51AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> Commit
>>
>>   d7e182c9c324 ("rcu: Remove unnecessary spinlock in rcu_boot_init_percpu_data()")
>>
>> is missing a Signed-off-by from its author.
> 
> Good catch, Stephen!
> 
> Lihao, would you please get me you Signed-off-by?  The patch is below.
> 
> 							Thanx, Paul
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> commit d7e182c9c32480c1f579dd888ac50e88bfb39596
> Author: Liang Lihao <lianglihao@...wei.com>
> Date:   Wed Nov 22 19:00:55 2017 +0000
> 
>     rcu: Remove unnecessary spinlock in rcu_boot_init_percpu_data()
>     
>     Since rcu_boot_init_percpu_data() is only called at boot time,
>     there is no data race and spinlock is not needed.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index 69722817d6d6..0abe1db53d70 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -3636,12 +3636,9 @@ static void rcu_init_new_rnp(struct rcu_node *rnp_leaf)
>  static void __init
>  rcu_boot_init_percpu_data(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)
>  {
> -	unsigned long flags;
>  	struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu);
> -	struct rcu_node *rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp);
>  
>  	/* Set up local state, ensuring consistent view of global state. */
> -	raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
>  	rdp->grpmask = leaf_node_cpu_bit(rdp->mynode, cpu);
>  	rdp->dynticks = &per_cpu(rcu_dynticks, cpu);
>  	WARN_ON_ONCE(rdp->dynticks->dynticks_nesting != 1);
> @@ -3649,7 +3646,6 @@ rcu_boot_init_percpu_data(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)
>  	rdp->cpu = cpu;
>  	rdp->rsp = rsp;
>  	rcu_boot_init_nocb_percpu_data(rdp);
> -	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> 
> 
>