linux-kernel - [tip: core/rcu] rcu/tree: segcblist: Remove redundant smp

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Message-ID: <161313344161.23325.14274383018495244052.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:37:21 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Joel Fernandes (Google)" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: core/rcu] rcu/tree: segcblist: Remove redundant smp_mb()s

The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     68804cf1c905ce227e4e1d0bc252c216811c59fd
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/68804cf1c905ce227e4e1d0bc252c216811c59fd
Author:        Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:21:53 -04:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:24:19 -08:00

rcu/tree: segcblist: Remove redundant smp_mb()s

The full memory barriers in rcu_segcblist_enqueue() and in rcu_do_batch()
are not needed because rcu_segcblist_add_len(), and thus also
rcu_segcblist_inc_len(), already includes a memory barrier *before*
and *after* the length of the list is updated.

This commit therefore removes these redundant smp_mb() invocations.

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c | 1 -
 kernel/rcu/tree.c          | 1 -
 2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c b/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c
index 7777804..1e80a0a 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ void rcu_segcblist_enqueue(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp,
 			   struct rcu_head *rhp)
 {
 	rcu_segcblist_inc_len(rsclp);
-	smp_mb(); /* Ensure counts are updated before callback is enqueued. */
 	rcu_segcblist_inc_seglen(rsclp, RCU_NEXT_TAIL);
 	rhp->next = NULL;
 	WRITE_ONCE(*rsclp->tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL], rhp);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index cc6f379..b0fb654 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2523,7 +2523,6 @@ 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. */