[PATCH 5/5] rcusync: make rcu_sync_enter() return "bool"

[Oleg Nesterov]

Change rcu_sync_enter() to return "need_sync" to let the caller
know whether we did the FAST -> SLOW transition or not.

This is particularly useful in exclusive mode, for example
percpu_down_write() can avoid clear_fast_ctr() if rcu_sync_enter()
returns F.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/rcusync.h |    2 +-
 kernel/rcusync.c        |    4 +++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rcusync.h b/include/linux/rcusync.h
index 5689f24..6f4c75b 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcusync.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcusync.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ enum rcu_sync_type { RCU_SYNC, RCU_SCHED_SYNC, RCU_BH_SYNC };
 
 extern void rcu_sync_init(struct rcu_sync_struct *,
 				enum rcu_sync_type, bool excl);
-extern void rcu_sync_enter(struct rcu_sync_struct *);
+extern bool rcu_sync_enter(struct rcu_sync_struct *);
 extern void rcu_sync_exit(struct rcu_sync_struct *);
 extern void rcu_sync_dtor(struct rcu_sync_struct *);
 
diff --git a/kernel/rcusync.c b/kernel/rcusync.c
index 667eb7d..d03d8e5 100644
--- a/kernel/rcusync.c
+++ b/kernel/rcusync.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void rcu_sync_init(struct rcu_sync_struct *rss,
 	rss->exclusive = excl;
 }
 
-void rcu_sync_enter(struct rcu_sync_struct *rss)
+bool rcu_sync_enter(struct rcu_sync_struct *rss)
 {
 	bool need_wait, need_sync;
 
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ void rcu_sync_enter(struct rcu_sync_struct *rss)
 		 */
 		BUG_ON(rss->gp_state != GP_PASSED);
 	}
+
+	return need_sync;
 }
 
 static void rcu_sync_func(struct rcu_head *rcu)
-- 
1.5.5.1

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