Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 05/17] rcu: remove redundant ACCESS_ONCE() from tick_do_timer_cpu

[Frederic Weisbecker]

On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 03:38:09PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL, tick_do_timer_cpu is constant
> once boot completes.  Thus, there is no need to wrap it in ACCESS_ONCE()
> in code that is built only when CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL.  This commit therefore
> removes the redundant ACCESS_ONCE().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

ACK, thanks!

> ---
>  kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> index 02ac0fb186b8..5da9f9b3abc9 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> @@ -2844,7 +2844,7 @@ static bool rcu_nohz_full_cpu(struct rcu_state *rsp)
>  static void rcu_bind_gp_kthread(void)
>  {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
> -	int cpu = ACCESS_ONCE(tick_do_timer_cpu);
> +	int cpu = tick_do_timer_cpu;
>  
>  	if (cpu < 0 || cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
>  		return;
> -- 
> 1.8.1.5
> 
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