linux-kernel - [PATCH rcu 09/14] rcu: Simplify rcu_report_dead() call to rcu_report_exp

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Date:   Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:33:38 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com, mingo@...nel.org,
        jiangshanlai@...il.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,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH rcu 09/14] rcu: Simplify rcu_report_dead() call to rcu_report_exp_rdp()

Currently, rcu_report_dead() disables preemption across its call to
rcu_report_exp_rdp(), but this is pointless because interrupts are
already disabled by the caller.  In addition, rcu_report_dead() computes
the address of the outgoing CPU's rcu_data structure, which is also
pointless because this address is already present in local variable rdp.
This commit therefore drops the preemption disabling and passes rdp
to rcu_report_exp_rdp().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 801075e36515..dc2968473593 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -4294,9 +4294,7 @@ void rcu_report_dead(unsigned int cpu)
 	do_nocb_deferred_wakeup(rdp);
 
 	/* QS for any half-done expedited grace period. */
-	preempt_disable();
-	rcu_report_exp_rdp(this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data));
-	preempt_enable();
+	rcu_report_exp_rdp(rdp);
 	rcu_preempt_deferred_qs(current);
 
 	/* Remove outgoing CPU from mask in the leaf rcu_node structure. */
-- 
2.31.1.189.g2e36527f23