Re: [PATCH 5/5][RFC] rcu: start new grace period from rcu_pending()

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Mon Jan 09 2006 - 08:16:00 EST


Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> I think it is better to set ->qs_pending = 1 directly in __rcu_pending():

This patch has a bug. I am sending a trivial fix, but now I am not
sure myself that 1 timer tick saved worth the code uglification.

[PATCH 6/5] rcu: start new grace period from rcu_pending() fix

We should not miss __rcu_pending(&rcu_bh_ctrlblk) in rcu_pending().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

--- 2.6.15/kernel/rcupdate.c~6_FIX 2006-01-09 00:26:44.000000000 +0300
+++ 2.6.15/kernel/rcupdate.c 2006-01-09 19:19:27.000000000 +0300
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static int __rcu_pending(struct rcu_ctrl

int rcu_pending(int cpu)
{
- return __rcu_pending(&rcu_ctrlblk, &per_cpu(rcu_data, cpu)) ||
+ return __rcu_pending(&rcu_ctrlblk, &per_cpu(rcu_data, cpu)) |
__rcu_pending(&rcu_bh_ctrlblk, &per_cpu(rcu_bh_data, cpu));
}
-
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