linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v2] rcu: simplify the calculation of rcu

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Date:   Mon, 20 Apr 2020 21:28:37 +0000
From:   Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc:     Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>, rcu@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch v2] rcu: simplify the calculation of rcu_state.ncpus

On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 06:41:37PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 09:57:15PM +0000, Wei Yang wrote:
>> There is only 1 bit set in mask, which means the difference between
>> oldmask and the new one would be at the position where the bit is set in
>> mask.
>> 
>> Based on this knowledge, rcu_state.ncpus could be calculated by checking
>> whether mask is already set in rnp->expmaskinitnext.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
>
>Queued, thank you!
>
>I updated the commit log as shown below, so please let me know if I
>messed something up.
>

Looks pretty good.

>							Thanx, Paul
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>commit 2ff1b8268456b1a476f8b79672c87d32d4f59024
>Author: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
>Date:   Sun Apr 19 21:57:15 2020 +0000
>
>    rcu: Simplify the calculation of rcu_state.ncpus
>    
>    There is only 1 bit set in mask, which means that the only difference
>    between oldmask and the new one will be at the position where the bit is
>    set in mask.  This commit therefore updates rcu_state.ncpus by checking
>    whether the bit in mask is already set in rnp->expmaskinitnext.
>    
>    Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
>    Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
>
>diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
>index f288477..6d39485 100644
>--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
>+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
>@@ -3732,10 +3732,9 @@ void rcu_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
> {
> 	unsigned long flags;
> 	unsigned long mask;
>-	int nbits;
>-	unsigned long oldmask;
> 	struct rcu_data *rdp;
> 	struct rcu_node *rnp;
>+	bool newcpu;
> 
> 	if (per_cpu(rcu_cpu_started, cpu))
> 		return;
>@@ -3747,12 +3746,10 @@ void rcu_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
> 	mask = rdp->grpmask;
> 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
> 	WRITE_ONCE(rnp->qsmaskinitnext, rnp->qsmaskinitnext | mask);
>-	oldmask = rnp->expmaskinitnext;
>+	newcpu = !(rnp->expmaskinitnext & mask);
> 	rnp->expmaskinitnext |= mask;
>-	oldmask ^= rnp->expmaskinitnext;
>-	nbits = bitmap_weight(&oldmask, BITS_PER_LONG);
> 	/* Allow lockless access for expedited grace periods. */
>-	smp_store_release(&rcu_state.ncpus, rcu_state.ncpus + nbits); /* ^^^ */
>+	smp_store_release(&rcu_state.ncpus, rcu_state.ncpus + newcpu); /* ^^^ */
> 	ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_WRITER(rcu_state.ncpus);
> 	rcu_gpnum_ovf(rnp, rdp); /* Offline-induced counter wrap? */
> 	rdp->rcu_onl_gp_seq = READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_seq);

-- 
Wei Yang
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