Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] rcu/sync: Remove custom check for reader-section

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 01:00:18PM -0400, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> The rcu/sync code was doing its own check whether we are in a reader
> section. With RCU consolidating flavors and the generic helper added in
> this series, this is no longer need. We can just use the generic helper
> and it results in a nice cleanup.
> 
> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This needs to be forward-ported to current mainline.  (Or, I believe
equivalently for this file, to branch "dev" of -rcu.)

Especially given that you have Oleg's Ack, I would be happy to
take the forward-ported version.

							Thanx, Paul

> ---
> Please note: Only build and boot tested this particular patch so far.
> 
>  include/linux/rcu_sync.h |  5 ++---
>  kernel/rcu/sync.c        | 22 ----------------------
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/rcu_sync.h b/include/linux/rcu_sync.h
> index 6fc53a1345b3..c954f1efc919 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rcu_sync.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rcu_sync.h
> @@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ extern void rcu_sync_lockdep_assert(struct rcu_sync *);
>   */
>  static inline bool rcu_sync_is_idle(struct rcu_sync *rsp)
>  {
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
> -	rcu_sync_lockdep_assert(rsp);
> -#endif
> +	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_read_lock_any_held(),
> +			 "suspicious rcu_sync_is_idle() usage");
>  	return !rsp->gp_state; /* GP_IDLE */
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/sync.c b/kernel/rcu/sync.c
> index a8304d90573f..535e02601f56 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/sync.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/sync.c
> @@ -10,37 +10,25 @@
>  #include <linux/rcu_sync.h>
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
> -#define __INIT_HELD(func)	.held = func,
> -#else
> -#define __INIT_HELD(func)
> -#endif
> -
>  static const struct {
>  	void (*sync)(void);
>  	void (*call)(struct rcu_head *, void (*)(struct rcu_head *));
>  	void (*wait)(void);
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
> -	int  (*held)(void);
> -#endif
>  } gp_ops[] = {
>  	[RCU_SYNC] = {
>  		.sync = synchronize_rcu,
>  		.call = call_rcu,
>  		.wait = rcu_barrier,
> -		__INIT_HELD(rcu_read_lock_held)
>  	},
>  	[RCU_SCHED_SYNC] = {
>  		.sync = synchronize_rcu,
>  		.call = call_rcu,
>  		.wait = rcu_barrier,
> -		__INIT_HELD(rcu_read_lock_sched_held)
>  	},
>  	[RCU_BH_SYNC] = {
>  		.sync = synchronize_rcu,
>  		.call = call_rcu,
>  		.wait = rcu_barrier,
> -		__INIT_HELD(rcu_read_lock_bh_held)
>  	},
>  };
>  
> @@ -49,16 +37,6 @@ enum { CB_IDLE = 0, CB_PENDING, CB_REPLAY };
>  
>  #define	rss_lock	gp_wait.lock
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
> -void rcu_sync_lockdep_assert(struct rcu_sync *rsp)
> -{
> -	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!gp_ops[rsp->gp_type].held(),
> -			 "suspicious rcu_sync_is_idle() usage");
> -}
> -
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_sync_lockdep_assert);
> -#endif
> -
>  /**
>   * rcu_sync_init() - Initialize an rcu_sync structure
>   * @rsp: Pointer to rcu_sync structure to be initialized
> -- 
> 2.22.0.510.g264f2c817a-goog
>