linux-kernel - [PATCH -next v4 0/3] rcu/nocb: Cleanup patches for next merge window

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Message-Id: <20260123151944.732328-1-joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:19:41 -0500
From: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	rcu@...r.kernel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
	Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraj.upadhyay@...nel.org>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
	Zqiang <qiang.zhang@...ux.dev>,
	Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH -next v4 0/3] rcu/nocb: Cleanup patches for next merge window

Changes from v3 to v4:
- Just updated change log since last version and added tags.
- Patch 2 ("Remove dead callback overload handling") commit message updated to
  improve the argument that the code is dead, per Paul's feedback.

These are a few nocb related cleanup patches for the next merge window.

nocb rcutorture scenarios passed.

The git tree with all patches can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jfern/linux.git (tag: nocb-cleanup-v4-20260123)

Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260119231223.989409-1-joelagnelf@nvidia.com/
Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260114173154.1701056-1-joelagnelf@nvidia.com/
Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260101163417.1065705-1-joelagnelf@nvidia.com/

Joel Fernandes (3):
  rcu/nocb: Remove unnecessary WakeOvfIsDeferred wake path
  rcu/nocb: Remove dead callback overload handling
  rcu/nocb: Extract nocb_defer_wakeup_cancel() helper

 kernel/rcu/tree.c      |  2 +-
 kernel/rcu/tree.h      |  3 +-
 kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 80 ++++++++++++++----------------------------
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)


base-commit: d26143bb38e2546fe6f8c9860c13a88146ce5dd6
prerequisite-patch-id: 34e2542a49252718ee5d865e7e3a7229cbb13f25
prerequisite-patch-id: 7bca160efb737a0511ad2104ab1a199753e8cb19
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2.34.1