linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 03/13] rcu: Refactor code a bit in rcu_nocb_do_flush

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Date:   Tue, 11 Oct 2022 18:01:32 +0000
From:   "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rushikesh.s.kadam@...el.com,
        urezki@...il.com, neeraj.iitr10@...il.com, frederic@...nel.org,
        paulmck@...nel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, youssefesmat@...gle.com,
        surenb@...gle.com,
        "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Subject: [PATCH v8 03/13] rcu: Refactor code a bit in rcu_nocb_do_flush_bypass()

This consolidates the code a bit and makes it cleaner. Functionally it
is the same.

Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 17 +++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
index e852c060d4e3..5ce66f9f4a98 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
@@ -327,10 +327,11 @@ static void wake_nocb_gp_defer(struct rcu_data *rdp, int waketype,
  *
  * Note that this function always returns true if rhp is NULL.
  */
-static bool rcu_nocb_do_flush_bypass(struct rcu_data *rdp, struct rcu_head *rhp,
+static bool rcu_nocb_do_flush_bypass(struct rcu_data *rdp, struct rcu_head *rhp_in,
 				     unsigned long j, bool lazy)
 {
 	struct rcu_cblist rcl;
+	struct rcu_head *rhp = rhp_in;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp));
 	rcu_lockdep_assert_cblist_protected(rdp);
@@ -345,16 +346,16 @@ static bool rcu_nocb_do_flush_bypass(struct rcu_data *rdp, struct rcu_head *rhp,
 
 	/*
 	 * If the new CB requested was a lazy one, queue it onto the main
-	 * ->cblist so we can take advantage of a sooner grade period.
+	 * ->cblist so that we can take advantage of the grace-period that will
+	 * happen regardless. But queue it onto the bypass list first so that
+	 * the lazy CB is ordered with the existing CBs in the bypass list.
 	 */
 	if (lazy && rhp) {
-		rcu_cblist_flush_enqueue(&rcl, &rdp->nocb_bypass, NULL);
-		rcu_cblist_enqueue(&rcl, rhp);
-		WRITE_ONCE(rdp->lazy_len, 0);
-	} else {
-		rcu_cblist_flush_enqueue(&rcl, &rdp->nocb_bypass, rhp);
-		WRITE_ONCE(rdp->lazy_len, 0);
+		rcu_cblist_enqueue(&rdp->nocb_bypass, rhp);
+		rhp = NULL;
 	}
+	rcu_cblist_flush_enqueue(&rcl, &rdp->nocb_bypass, rhp);
+	WRITE_ONCE(rdp->lazy_len, 0);
 
 	rcu_segcblist_insert_pend_cbs(&rdp->cblist, &rcl);
 	WRITE_ONCE(rdp->nocb_bypass_first, j);
-- 
2.38.0.rc1.362.ged0d419d3c-goog