Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/10] rcu: Account for rcu_all_qs() in cond_resched()

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Sat Dec 02 2017 - 03:56:58 EST


On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 11:21:44AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> If cond_resched() returns false, then it has already invoked
> rcu_all_qs(). This is also invoked (now redundantly) by
> rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(). This commit therefore changes
> cond_resched_rcu_qs() to invoke rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch_lite()
> instead of rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch() to avoid the redundant
> invocation of rcu_all_qs().
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/rcupdate.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> index a6ddc42f87a5..7bd8b5a6db10 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static inline void exit_tasks_rcu_finish(void) { }
> #define cond_resched_rcu_qs() \
> do { \
> if (!cond_resched()) \
> - rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(current); \
> + rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch_lite(current); \
> } while (0)
>

Maybe I'm confused, but why are we keeping cond_resched_rcu_qs() around
at all?