Re: [PATCH v1 07/11] rcu: Update comments for gp_seq and expedited GP tracking

From: Frederic Weisbecker

Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 11:04:19 EST


Le Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 06:23:49AM -0700, Puranjay Mohan a écrit :
> Update documentation comments throughout the RCU callback infrastructure
> to reflect the transition from a single grace-period sequence number to
> the full struct rcu_gp_seq that tracks both normal and expedited grace
> periods.
>
> The ->gp_seq[] array documentation in rcu_segcblist.h is updated to
> describe dual (normal and expedited) GP tracking. The
> rcu_segcblist_advance(), rcu_segcblist_accelerate(), and
> rcu_advance_cbs() comments are updated to refer to the struct rcu_gp_seq
> state (gsp) instead of the old bare grace-period sequence number (seq).
>
> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Frederic Weisbecker
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