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Date:   Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:46:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:   Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
To:     rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Joel Fernandes, Google" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Julia Cartwright <julia@...com>,
        linux-kselftest <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 4/7] tracepoint: Make rcuidle tracepoint callers use
 SRCU

----- On Jul 11, 2018, at 11:26 AM, rostedt rostedt@...dmis.org wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 17:17:51 +0200
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
>> I just read the comment that goes with that function; the order doesn't
>> matter. All we want to ensure is that the unregistration is visible to
>> either sched or srcu tracepoint users.
> 
> Yeah, but I think it is still good to change the order. It doesn't
> hurt, and in my opinion makes the code a bit more robust.

I don't mind. It makes the code more regular. It does not change
anything wrt robustness here though.

Thanks,

Mathieu


-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com

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