From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Currently, small systems move back into RCU_SYSIDLE_NOT from RCU_SYSIDLE_SHORT and large systems do not. This works because moving aggressively to RCU_SYSIDLE_NOT affects only performance, not correctness, and on small systems, the performance impact should be negligible. That said, this difference does make RCU a bit more complex, and RCU does not seem to be suffering from any lack of complexity. This commit therefore adjusts small-system operation to match that of large systems, so that the state never moves back to RCU_SYSIDLE_NOT from RCU_SYSIDLE_SHORT.
Reported-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweis...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h index 045c6d04ed3f..f7593c2536b0 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h @@ -2659,7 +2659,8 @@ static void rcu_sysidle(unsigned long j) static void rcu_sysidle_cancel(void) { smp_mb(); - ACCESS_ONCE(full_sysidle_state) = RCU_SYSIDLE_NOT; + if (full_sysidle_state > RCU_SYSIDLE_SHORT) + ACCESS_ONCE(full_sysidle_state) = RCU_SYSIDLE_NOT; } /* -- 1.8.1.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/