[PATCH RFC v1 1/4] rcu/nocb: Consolidate rcu_nocb_cpu_offload/deoffload functions
From: Joel Fernandes
Date: Tue Feb 24 2026 - 18:04:58 EST
The rcu_nocb_cpu_offload() and rcu_nocb_cpu_deoffload() functions are
nearly duplicates.
Therefore, extract the common logic into rcu_nocb_cpu_toggle_offload()
which takes an 'offload' boolean, and make both exported functions
simple wrappers.
This eliminates a bunch of duplicate code at the call sites, namely
mutex locking, CPU hotplug locking and CPU online checks.
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
index b3337c7231cc..5b041134d6bb 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
@@ -1081,30 +1081,6 @@ static int rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload(struct rcu_data *rdp)
return 0;
}
-int rcu_nocb_cpu_deoffload(int cpu)
-{
- struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu);
- int ret = 0;
-
- cpus_read_lock();
- mutex_lock(&rcu_state.nocb_mutex);
- if (rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp)) {
- if (!cpu_online(cpu)) {
- ret = rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload(rdp);
- if (!ret)
- cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, rcu_nocb_mask);
- } else {
- pr_info("NOCB: Cannot CB-deoffload online CPU %d\n", rdp->cpu);
- ret = -EINVAL;
- }
- }
- mutex_unlock(&rcu_state.nocb_mutex);
- cpus_read_unlock();
-
- return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_nocb_cpu_deoffload);
-
static bool rcu_nocb_rdp_offload_wait_cond(struct rcu_data *rdp)
{
unsigned long flags;
@@ -1149,27 +1125,54 @@ static int rcu_nocb_rdp_offload(struct rcu_data *rdp)
return 0;
}
+/* Common helper for CPU offload/deoffload operations. */
+static int rcu_nocb_cpu_toggle_offload(int cpu, bool offload)
+{
+ struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu);
+ bool currently_offloaded;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ cpus_read_lock();
+ mutex_lock(&rcu_state.nocb_mutex);
+
+ currently_offloaded = rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp);
+
+ /* Already in desired state, nothing to do. */
+ if (currently_offloaded == offload)
+ goto out_unlock;
+
+ if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
+ pr_info("NOCB: Cannot CB-%soffload online CPU %d\n",
+ offload ? "" : "de", rdp->cpu);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out_unlock;
+ }
+
+ if (offload) {
+ ret = rcu_nocb_rdp_offload(rdp);
+ if (!ret)
+ cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, rcu_nocb_mask);
+ } else {
+ ret = rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload(rdp);
+ if (!ret)
+ cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, rcu_nocb_mask);
+ }
+
+out_unlock:
+ mutex_unlock(&rcu_state.nocb_mutex);
+ cpus_read_unlock();
+ return ret;
+}
+
+int rcu_nocb_cpu_deoffload(int cpu)
+{
+ return rcu_nocb_cpu_toggle_offload(cpu, false /* de-offload */);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_nocb_cpu_deoffload);
+
int rcu_nocb_cpu_offload(int cpu)
{
- struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu);
- int ret = 0;
-
- cpus_read_lock();
- mutex_lock(&rcu_state.nocb_mutex);
- if (!rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp)) {
- if (!cpu_online(cpu)) {
- ret = rcu_nocb_rdp_offload(rdp);
- if (!ret)
- cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, rcu_nocb_mask);
- } else {
- pr_info("NOCB: Cannot CB-offload online CPU %d\n", rdp->cpu);
- ret = -EINVAL;
- }
- }
- mutex_unlock(&rcu_state.nocb_mutex);
- cpus_read_unlock();
-
- return ret;
+ return rcu_nocb_cpu_toggle_offload(cpu, true /* offload */);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_nocb_cpu_offload);
--
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