Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 11/11] rcu: move TREE_RCU from softirqto kthread

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

* Christoph Lameter (cl@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> 
> > > > > +
> > > > > +	local_irq_save(flags);
> > > > > +	cpu = smp_processor_id();
> 
> Drop this line.
> 
> > > > > +	if (per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) == NULL) {
> 
> use this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task)
> 
> > > > > +		local_irq_restore(flags);
> > > > > +		return;
> > > > > +	}
> > > > > +	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 1;
> 
> this_cpu_write(rcu_cpu_has_work, 1);
> 
> > This is not quite true on x86_64 and s390 anymore. __get_cpu_var() now
> > uses a segment selector override to get the local CPU variable on x86.
> > See x86's percpu.h for details.
> 
> __get_cpu_var cannot use a segment override since there are places where
> the address of the variable is taken. One needs to use this_cpu_ops for
> that.

Ah, thanks for the clarification :)

> 
> 
> > > True, but we could also argue that the multiple checks for being preempt
> > > can also be an issue.
> >
> > At least on x86 preemption don't actually need to be disabled: selection
> > of the right per-cpu memory location is done atomically with the rest of
> > the instruction by the segment selector.
> 
> Right.

Thanks,

Mathieu

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Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
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