linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] srcu: Fix incorrect condition in srcu_funnel_exp

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Message-ID: <f9abfde2-ad0d-edab-0a2a-a62515ffe870@lge.com>
Date:   Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:36:30 +0900
From:   Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
To:     paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     jiangshanlai@...il.com, josh@...htriplett.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] srcu: Fix incorrect condition in srcu_funnel_exp_start()

On 2/15/2018 6:42 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 05:59:54PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
>> We should've kept sp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp the furthest. But
>> it probably fails because of the incorrect condition. Fix it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
> 
> Good catch, and thank you for reviewing the SRCU code, but Ildar Ismagilov
> beat you to this one.  Please see 574428dee1f3 ("rcu: Fix misprint in
> srcu_funnel_exp_start") in -rcu.

Hi Paul,

I'm sorry I'm late. It's been Lunar New Year holiday since last
thursday.

Do you mean:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git

Is this rcu's main dev-tree?

Thanks for replying anyway, and happy new year~

> 
> 							Thanx, Paul
> 
>> ---
>>   kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
>> index d5cea81..44bc0fa 100644
>> --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
>> +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
>> @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static void srcu_funnel_exp_start(struct srcu_struct *sp, struct srcu_node *snp,
>>   		spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(snp, flags);
>>   	}
>>   	spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(sp, flags);
>> -	if (!ULONG_CMP_LT(sp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp, s))
>> +	if (ULONG_CMP_LT(sp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp, s))
>>   		sp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp = s;
>>   	spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(sp, flags);
>>   }
>> -- 
>> 1.9.1
>>
> 
> 

-- 
Thanks,
Byungchul