linux-kernel - [PATCH v7 5/6] rcu/tree: Remove redundant smp_mb() in rcu_do

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Message-Id: <20201015002301.101830-6-joel@joelfernandes.org>
Date:   Wed, 14 Oct 2020 20:23:00 -0400
From:   "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, rcu@...r.kernel.org,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com>, fweisbec@...il.com,
        neeraj.iitr10@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH v7 5/6] rcu/tree: Remove redundant smp_mb() in rcu_do_batch

This memory barrier is not needed as rcu_segcblist_add_len() already
includes a memory barrier.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 346a05506935..6c6d3c7036e6 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2525,7 +2525,6 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 
 	/* Update counts and requeue any remaining callbacks. */
 	rcu_segcblist_insert_done_cbs(&rdp->cblist, &rcl);
-	smp_mb(); /* List handling before counting for rcu_barrier(). */
 	rcu_segcblist_add_len(&rdp->cblist, -count);
 
 	/* Reinstate batch limit if we have worked down the excess. */
-- 
2.28.0.1011.ga647a8990f-goog