On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 10:32:07AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 03:39:51PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Thu, 2012-08-30 at 11:18 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > +static int rcu_gp_kthread(void *arg)
> > > +{
> > > + struct rcu_state *rsp = arg;
> > > + struct rcu_node *rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp);
> > > +
> > > + for (;;) {
> > > +
> > > + /* Handle grace-period start. */
> > > + for (;;) {
> > > + wait_event_interruptible(rsp->gp_wq,
> > > rsp->gp_flags);
> > > + if (rsp->gp_flags && rcu_gp_init(rsp))
> > > + break;
> > > + cond_resched();
> > > + flush_signals(current);
> > > + }
> > >
> > > /* Handle grace-period end. */
> > > for (;;) {
> > > wait_event_interruptible(rsp->gp_wq,
> > >
> > > !ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->qsmask) &&
> > >
> > > !rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp));
> > > if (!ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->qsmask) &&
> > > + !rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp) &&
> > > + rcu_gp_cleanup(rsp))
> > > break;
> > > + cond_resched();
> > > flush_signals(current);
> > > }
> > > }
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> >
> > Should there not be a kthread_stop() / kthread_park() call somewhere in
> > there?
>
> The kthread stops only when the system goes down, so no need for any
> kthread_stop() or kthread_park(). The "return 0" suppresses complaints
> about falling of the end of a non-void function.
Huh, I thought GCC knew to not emit that warning unless it actually
found control flow reaching the end of the function; since the infinite
loop has no break in it, you shouldn't need the return. Annoying.
> > Also, it could be me, but all those nested for (;;) loops make the flow
> > rather non-obvious.
>
> For those two loops, I suppose I could pull the cond_resched() and
> flush_signals() to the top, and make a do-while out of it.
I think it makes more sense to move the wait_event_interruptible to the
bottom, and make a while out of it.
- Josh Triplett
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