linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 01/12] rcu: Implement rcu_segcblist_is

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Message-ID: <20200923152509.GA31465@lenoir>
Date:   Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:25:10 +0200
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/12] rcu: Implement rcu_segcblist_is_offloaded()
 config dependent

On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 04:11:50PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 11:43:26PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 05:27:32PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 02:43:40PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > > > This simplify the usage of this API and avoid checking the kernel
> > > > config from the callers.
> > > > 
> > > > Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
> > > > Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> > > > Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
> > > > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> > > > Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
> > > > Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
> > > > Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
> > > 
> > > Nice cleanup!  I clearly should have done it this way to start with.
> > > 
> > > Any reason I shouldn't pull this into -rcu right now?
> > 
> > I think that very one can be applied indeed.
> 
> Very well!  I had to hand-apply it due to recent -rcu thrash, and as
> usual I could not resist wordsmithing the commit log.  Please let
> me know if I messed anything up.

Looks very good, thanks!