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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcu/tree.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index a5ea67454640..29669070348e 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -2098,14 +2098,29 @@ static noinline void rcu_gp_cleanup(void) /* Advance CBs to reduce false positives below. */ offloaded = rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp); if ((offloaded || !rcu_accelerate_cbs(rnp, rdp)) && needgp) { + + // We get here if a grace period was needed (“needgp”) + // and the above call to rcu_accelerate_cbs() did not set + // the RCU_GP_FLAG_INIT bit in ->gp_state (which records + // the need for another grace period). The purpose + // of the “offloaded” check is to avoid invoking + // rcu_accelerate_cbs() on an offloaded CPU because we do not + // hold the ->nocb_lock needed to safely access an offloaded + // ->cblist. We do not want to acquire that lock because + // it can be heavily contended during callback floods. + WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_flags, RCU_GP_FLAG_INIT); WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_req_activity, jiffies); - trace_rcu_grace_period(rcu_state.name, - rcu_state.gp_seq, - TPS("newreq")); + trace_rcu_grace_period(rcu_state.name, rcu_state.gp_seq, TPS("newreq")); } else { - WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_flags, - rcu_state.gp_flags & RCU_GP_FLAG_INIT); + + // We get here either if there is no need for an + // additional grace period or if rcu_accelerate_cbs() has + // already set the RCU_GP_FLAG_INIT bit in ->gp_flags. + // So all we need to do is to clear all of the other + // ->gp_flags bits. + + WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_flags, rcu_state.gp_flags & RCU_GP_FLAG_INIT); } raw_spin_unlock_irq_rcu_node(rnp); |