Re: [PATCH 10/13] rcu/nocb: Delete bypass_timer upon nocb_gp wakeup

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Mar 03 2021 - 06:12:30 EST


On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 01:10:08AM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> A NOCB-gp wake up can safely delete the nocb_bypass_timer. nocb_gp_wait()
> is going to check again the bypass state and rearm the bypass timer if
> necessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>

Give that you delete this code a couple of patches later in this series,
why not just leave it out entirely? ;-)

Thanx, Paul

> ---
> kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> index b62ad79bbda5..9da67b0d3997 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> @@ -1711,6 +1711,8 @@ static bool __wake_nocb_gp(struct rcu_data *rdp_gp,
> del_timer(&rdp_gp->nocb_timer);
> }
>
> + del_timer(&rdp_gp->nocb_bypass_timer);
> +
> if (force || READ_ONCE(rdp_gp->nocb_gp_sleep)) {
> WRITE_ONCE(rdp_gp->nocb_gp_sleep, false);
> needwake = true;
> --
> 2.25.1
>