On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:18:35AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <[email protected]> > > Before grace-period initialization was moved to a kthread, the CPU > invoking this code would have at least one callback that needed > a grace period, often a newly registered callback. However, moving > grace-period initialization means that the CPU with the callback > that was requesting a grace period is not necessarily the CPU that > is initializing the grace period, so this acceleration is less > valuable. Because it also adds to the complexity of reasoning about > correctness, this commit removes it. > > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <[email protected]> > kernel/rcutree.c | 19 ------------------- > 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c > index 86903df..44609c3 100644 > --- a/kernel/rcutree.c > +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c > @@ -1055,25 +1055,6 @@ static int rcu_gp_init(struct rcu_state *rsp) > rsp->gpnum++; > trace_rcu_grace_period(rsp->name, rsp->gpnum, "start"); > record_gp_stall_check_time(rsp); > - > - /* > - * Because this CPU just now started the new grace period, we > - * know that all of its callbacks will be covered by this upcoming > - * grace period, even the ones that were registered arbitrarily > - * recently. Therefore, advance all RCU_NEXT_TAIL callbacks > - * to RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL. When the CPU later recognizes the > - * start of the new grace period, it will advance all callbacks > - * one position, which will cause all of its current outstanding > - * callbacks to be handled by the newly started grace period. > - * > - * Other CPUs cannot be sure exactly when the grace period started. > - * Therefore, their recently registered callbacks must pass through > - * an additional RCU_NEXT_READY stage, so that they will be handled > - * by the next RCU grace period. > - */ > - rdp = __this_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda); > - rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL] = rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL]; > - > raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); > > /* Exclude any concurrent CPU-hotplug operations. */ > -- > 1.7.8 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
