Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 08/15] rcu: Apply for_each_rcu_flavor() toincrement_cpu_stall_ticks()

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Tue Sep 04 2012 - 18:44:45 EST


On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:15:16AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:56:21AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The increment_cpu_stall_ticks() function listed each RCU flavor
> > explicitly, with an ifdef to handle preemptible RCU. This commit
> > therefore applies for_each_rcu_flavor() to save a line of code.
>
> And also mysteriously changes __get_cpu_var to __this_cpu_var without
> documenting that (or the reason for it) in the commit message. :)

Good point! The change is needed because of the need to switch from
using the given rcu_data per-CPU variable directly to accessing it via
each rcu_state structure's ->rda pointer. Will update the commit log.

Thanx, Paul

> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 9 ++++-----
> > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
> > index 3ea60c9..139a803 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
> > +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
> > @@ -2196,11 +2196,10 @@ static void zero_cpu_stall_ticks(struct rcu_data *rdp)
> > /* Increment ->ticks_this_gp for all flavors of RCU. */
> > static void increment_cpu_stall_ticks(void)
> > {
> > - __get_cpu_var(rcu_sched_data).ticks_this_gp++;
> > - __get_cpu_var(rcu_bh_data).ticks_this_gp++;
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
> > - __get_cpu_var(rcu_preempt_data).ticks_this_gp++;
> > -#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU */
> > + struct rcu_state *rsp;
> > +
> > + for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp)
> > + __this_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda)->ticks_this_gp++;
> > }
> >
> > #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_INFO */
> > --
> > 1.7.8
> >
>

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