linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 22/26] rcu: grpnum just records group number

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Date:   Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:21:43 -0700
From:   paulmck@...nel.org
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com, mingo@...nel.org,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 22/26] rcu: grpnum just records group number

From: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...ux.alibaba.com>

grpnum in rcu_node means the position in its parent, which is not the
CPU number even in last level.

Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index 9f903f5..c96ae35 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct rcu_node {
 				/*  Only one bit will be set in this mask. */
 	int	grplo;		/* lowest-numbered CPU here. */
 	int	grphi;		/* highest-numbered CPU here. */
-	u8	grpnum;		/* CPU/group number for next level up. */
+	u8	grpnum;		/* group number for next level up. */
 	u8	level;		/* root is at level 0. */
 	bool	wait_blkd_tasks;/* Necessary to wait for blocked tasks to */
 				/*  exit RCU read-side critical sections */
-- 
2.9.5