On Sun, 11 Nov 2018 19:19:16 -0800
"Paul E. McKenney" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 12:00:48PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > On Sun, 11 Nov 2018 11:43:49 -0800
> > "Paul E. McKenney" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > > Now that synchronize_rcu() waits for preempt-disable regions of code
> > > as well as RCU read-side critical sections, synchronize_sched() can be
> > > replaced by synchronize_rcu().  This commit therefore makes this change.
> > 
> > Would you mean synchronize_rcu() can ensure that any interrupt handler
> > (which should run under preempt-disable state) run out (even on 
> > non-preemptive
> > kernel)?
> 
> Yes, but only as of this merge window.  See this commit:
> 
> 3e3100989869 ("rcu: Defer reporting RCU-preempt quiescent states when 
> disabled")

OK, I also found that now those are same.

45975c7d21a1 ("rcu: Define RCU-sched API in terms of RCU for Tree RCU PREEMPT 
builds")

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>

Thank you!

> 
> Don't try this in v4.19 or earlier, but v4.20 and later is OK.  ;-)
> 
>                                                       Thanx, Paul
> 
> > If so, I agree with these changes.
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: "Naveen N. Rao" <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: "David S. Miller" <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > >  kernel/kprobes.c | 10 +++++-----
> > >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> > > index 90e98e233647..08e31d863191 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> > > @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int collect_garbage_slots(struct 
> > > kprobe_insn_cache *c)
> > >   struct kprobe_insn_page *kip, *next;
> > >  
> > >   /* Ensure no-one is interrupted on the garbages */
> > > - synchronize_sched();
> > > + synchronize_rcu();
> > >  
> > >   list_for_each_entry_safe(kip, next, &c->pages, list) {
> > >           int i;
> > > @@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ static int register_aggr_kprobe(struct kprobe 
> > > *orig_p, struct kprobe *p)
> > >                   if (ret) {
> > >                           ap->flags |= KPROBE_FLAG_DISABLED;
> > >                           list_del_rcu(&p->list);
> > > -                         synchronize_sched();
> > > +                         synchronize_rcu();
> > >                   }
> > >           }
> > >   }
> > > @@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ int register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
> > >           ret = arm_kprobe(p);
> > >           if (ret) {
> > >                   hlist_del_rcu(&p->hlist);
> > > -                 synchronize_sched();
> > > +                 synchronize_rcu();
> > >                   goto out;
> > >           }
> > >   }
> > > @@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ void unregister_kprobes(struct kprobe **kps, int 
> > > num)
> > >                   kps[i]->addr = NULL;
> > >   mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
> > >  
> > > - synchronize_sched();
> > > + synchronize_rcu();
> > >   for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
> > >           if (kps[i]->addr)
> > >                   __unregister_kprobe_bottom(kps[i]);
> > > @@ -1966,7 +1966,7 @@ void unregister_kretprobes(struct kretprobe **rps, 
> > > int num)
> > >                   rps[i]->kp.addr = NULL;
> > >   mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
> > >  
> > > - synchronize_sched();
> > > + synchronize_rcu();
> > >   for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
> > >           if (rps[i]->kp.addr) {
> > >                   __unregister_kprobe_bottom(&rps[i]->kp);
> > > -- 
> > > 2.17.1
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
> > 
> 


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