Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/12] rcu: Move expedited code from tree.c to tree_exp.h

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Jun 15 2016 - 18:16:55 EST


On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 12:05:39AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 02:46:05PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > People have been having some difficulty finding their way around the
> > RCU code. This commit therefore pulls some of the expedited grace-period
> > code from tree.c to a new tree_exp.h file. This commit is strictly code
> > movement, with the exception of a forward declaration that was added
> > for the sync_sched_exp_online_cleanup() function.
> >
> > A subsequent commit will move the remaining expedited grace-period code
> > from tree_plugin.h to tree_exp.h.
>
> Part of the problem for me is always the fact that its so weirdly
> divided over these files. Now you're making that worse. How is this
> helping?

The expedited stuff is now in one place rather than being split across
two different files.

Thanx, Paul