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Message-Id: <20180521044220.123933-5-joel@joelfernandes.org>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 21:42:20 -0700
From: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>, byungchul.park@....com,
kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/4] rcu: Unlock non-start node only after accessing its gp_seq_needed
We acquire gp_seq_needed locklessly. To be safe, lets do the unlocking
after the access.
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
---
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 879c67a31116..efbd21b2a1a6 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1603,13 +1603,13 @@ static bool rcu_start_this_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp_start, struct rcu_data *rdp,
trace_rcu_grace_period(rsp->name, READ_ONCE(rsp->gp_seq), TPS("newreq"));
ret = true; /* Caller must wake GP kthread. */
unlock_out:
- if (rnp != rnp_start)
- raw_spin_unlock_rcu_node(rnp);
/* Push furthest requested GP to leaf node and rcu_data structure. */
if (ULONG_CMP_GE(rnp->gp_seq_needed, gp_seq_req)) {
rnp_start->gp_seq_needed = gp_seq_req;
rdp->gp_seq_needed = gp_seq_req;
}
+ if (rnp != rnp_start)
+ raw_spin_unlock_rcu_node(rnp);
return ret;
}
--
2.17.0.441.gb46fe60e1d-goog
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