[PATCH v3] rcu: Change return type of rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread()

[Byungchul Park]

Hello,

I tested again if the WARN_ON_ONCE() is fired with my box.

And it was OK.

Thanks,
Byungchul

Changes from v2
-. Port the patch to a1af11a24cb0 (Paul's request)
-. Add a few new lines for a better look

Changes from v1
-. WARN_ON_ONCE() on failing to create rcu_boost_kthread.
-. Changed title and commit message a bit.

---8<---
>From 20c934c5657a7a0f13ebb050ffd350d4174965d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Byungchul Park <byungchul.p...@lge.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 09:27:15 +0900
Subject: [PATCH v3] rcu: Change return type of rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread()

The return value of rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread() is not used any
longer. Change return type of that function from int to void.

Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.p...@lge.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 20 +++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index c588ef9..b8eea22 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node 
*rnp)
  * already exist.  We only create this kthread for preemptible RCU.
  * Returns zero if all is well, a negated errno otherwise.
  */
-static int rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
+static void rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 {
        int rnp_index = rnp - rcu_get_root();
        unsigned long flags;
@@ -1127,25 +1127,27 @@ static int rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node 
*rnp)
        struct task_struct *t;
 
        if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU))
-               return 0;
+               return;
 
        if (!rcu_scheduler_fully_active || rcu_rnp_online_cpus(rnp) == 0)
-               return 0;
+               return;
 
        rcu_state.boost = 1;
+
        if (rnp->boost_kthread_task != NULL)
-               return 0;
+               return;
+
        t = kthread_create(rcu_boost_kthread, (void *)rnp,
                           "rcub/%d", rnp_index);
-       if (IS_ERR(t))
-               return PTR_ERR(t);
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ERR(t)))
+               return;
+
        raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
        rnp->boost_kthread_task = t;
        raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
        sp.sched_priority = kthread_prio;
        sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
        wake_up_process(t); /* get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */
-       return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1186,7 +1188,7 @@ static void __init rcu_spawn_boost_kthreads(void)
        struct rcu_node *rnp;
 
        rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rnp)
-               (void)rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rnp);
+               rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rnp);
 }
 
 static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
@@ -1196,7 +1198,7 @@ static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
 
        /* Fire up the incoming CPU's kthread and leaf rcu_node kthread. */
        if (rcu_scheduler_fully_active)
-               (void)rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rnp);
+               rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rnp);
 }
 
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
-- 
1.9.1