Re: RCU: Question on force_qs_rnp

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 03:42:08PM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 07:55:18AM +0000, Zhang, Qiang wrote:
> > Hello Paul
> > 
> > I have some questions for you .
> > in force_qs_rnp func ,  if  "f(rdp)" func return true we will call rcu_report_qs_rnp func
> > report a quiescent state for this rnp node, and clear grpmask form rnp->qsmask.
> > after that ,  can we make a check for this rnp->qsmask,  if  rnp->qsmask == 0, 
> > we will check blocked readers in this rnp node,  instead of jumping directly to the next node .
> 
> Could you clarify what good is this going to do? What problem are you trying to
> address?
> 
> You could have a task that is blocked in an RCU leaf node, but the
> force_qs_rnp() decided to call rcu_report_qs_rnp(). This is perfectly Ok. The
> CPU could be dyntick-idle and a quiescent state is reported. However, the GP
> must not end and the rcu leaf node should still be present in its parent
> intermediate nodes ->qsmask. In this case, the ->qsmask == 0 does not have
> any relevance.
> 
> Or am I missing the point of the question?

Hello, Qiang,

Another way of making Joel's point is to say that the additional check
you are asking for is already being done, but by rcu_report_qs_rnp().

							Thanx, Paul