Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/17] Miscellaneous fixes for 3.17

From: Lai Jiangshan
Date: Tue Jul 08 2014 - 22:13:46 EST


Besides patch 3, please also add my review-by for these patches:
patch 1, 2, 5, 7, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17

Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Lai

On 07/08/2014 06:37 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Hello!
>
> This series provides miscellaneous fixes:
>
> 1. Document deadlock-avoidance information in rcu_read_unlock()'s
> docbook comment header.
>
> 2. Remove obsolete references to TINY_PREEMPT_RCU.
>
> 3. Add deadlock explanation to local_irq_save() call in
> __lock_task_sighand().
>
> 4. Make the rcu_node arrays be static const char * const,
> courtesy of Fabian Frederick.
>
> 5. Remove redundant ACCESS_ONCE() from tick_do_timer_cpu under
> #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL.
>
> 6. Eliminate read-modify-write ACCESS_ONCE() calls.
>
> 7. Loosen __call_rcu()'s rcu_head alignment constraint to handle
> m68k's 16-bit alignment.
>
> 8. Allow post-unlock reference for rt_mutex.
>
> 9. Check both root and current rcu_node structures when setting up
> future grace periods, courtesy of Pranith Kumar.
>
> 10. Simplify priority boosting by putting rt_mutex in rcu_node
> structure.
>
> 11. Bind grace-period kthreads to no-NO_HZ_FULL CPUs instead of the
> timekeeping CPU, at least for CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE=n.
>
> 12. Don't use NMIs to dump other CPUs' stacks.
>
> 13. Use __this_cpu_read() instead of per_cpu_ptr(), courtesy of Shan Wei.
>
> 14. Remove CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_DELAY.
>
> 15. Fix __rcu_reclaim to use true/false instead of 1/0.
>
> 16. Fix sparse warning in rcu_initiate_boost(), courtesy of Pranith
> Kumar.
>
> 17. Fix sparse warning in rcu_report_unblock_qs_rnp(), again courtesy
> of Pranith Kumar.
>
> Thanx, Paul
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> b/include/linux/init_task.h | 9 --
> b/include/linux/rcupdate.h | 45 ++++++++--
> b/include/linux/sched.h | 6 -
> b/include/linux/tick.h | 19 ++++
> b/init/Kconfig | 2
> b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h | 8 +
> b/kernel/rcu/srcu.c | 4
> b/kernel/rcu/tree.c | 59 ++++++--------
> b/kernel/rcu/tree.h | 8 +
> b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 52 +++++++-----
> b/kernel/rcu/update.c | 3
> b/kernel/signal.c | 4
> b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 10 ++
> b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE01 | 1
> b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE02 | 1
> b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE02-T | 1
> b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03 | 1
> b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE04 | 1
> b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE05 | 1
> b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE06 | 1
> b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE07 | 1
> b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE08 | 1
> b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE08-T | 1
> b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE09 | 1
> 24 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)
>
> .
>

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