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SubjectRe: [PATCH] rcu: remove the context test in rcu_read_unlock_special()
On 03/30/2012 05:56 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 04:21:44PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
>> Because of commit#26861f and #10f39bb1b2, the context test in
>> rcu_read_unlock_special() are not needed.
>>
>> commit#26861f and #10f39bb1b2 ensure ->rcu_read_unlock_special is zero
>> after rcu_read_unlock(), which implies:
>>
>> if ->rcu_read_unlock_special is non-zero, the out-most RCU C.S. can
>> be interrupted or can be preempted, such context is safe to
>> call rcu_read_unlock_special().
>
> In theory, I am very much in favor of this, but in practice we need to
> put a WARN_ON_ONCE() in the "if" statement to be removed for a few years
> first. If there are never any warnings (or, more likely, once such
> warnings have been fixed for some time), then this patch below would be
> eminently sensible.
>

Add BUG_ON() instead, how about it?
Thanks,
Lai

diff --git a/kernel/rcutiny_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutiny_plugin.h
index 22ecea0..22e2ef1 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutiny_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutiny_plugin.h
@@ -571,12 +571,6 @@ static noinline void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
if (special & RCU_READ_UNLOCK_NEED_QS)
rcu_preempt_cpu_qs();

- /* Hardware IRQ handlers cannot block. */
- if (in_irq() || in_serving_softirq()) {
- local_irq_restore(flags);
- return;
- }
-
/* Clean up if blocked during RCU read-side critical section. */
if (special & RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BLOCKED) {
t->rcu_read_unlock_special &= ~RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BLOCKED;
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index c023464..e90593e 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ static void rcu_preempt_note_context_switch(int cpu)
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
} else if (t->rcu_read_lock_nesting < 0 &&
t->rcu_read_unlock_special) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(t->rcu_read_lock_nesting != INT_MIN);

/*
* Complete exit from RCU read-side critical section on
@@ -239,7 +240,10 @@ static void rcu_preempt_note_context_switch(int cpu)
*/
void __rcu_read_lock(void)
{
- current->rcu_read_lock_nesting++;
+ struct task_struct *t = current;
+
+ BUG_ON(!t->rcu_read_lock_nesting && t->rcu_read_unlock_special);
+ t->rcu_read_lock_nesting++;
barrier(); /* needed if we ever invoke rcu_read_lock in rcutree.c */
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__rcu_read_lock);
@@ -338,12 +342,6 @@ static noinline void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
rcu_preempt_qs(smp_processor_id());
}

- /* Hardware IRQ handlers cannot block. */
- if (in_irq() || in_serving_softirq()) {
- local_irq_restore(flags);
- return;
- }
-
/* Clean up if blocked during RCU read-side critical section. */
if (special & RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BLOCKED) {
t->rcu_read_unlock_special &= ~RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BLOCKED;
@@ -439,6 +437,7 @@ void __rcu_read_unlock(void)
rcu_read_unlock_special(t);
barrier(); /* ->rcu_read_unlock_special load before assign */
t->rcu_read_lock_nesting = 0;
+ BUG_ON(t->rcu_read_unlock_special);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
{
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 671f959..7074f97 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -318,12 +318,8 @@ static inline void invoke_softirq(void)
#else
do_softirq();
#endif
- } else {
- __local_bh_disable((unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0),
- SOFTIRQ_OFFSET);
+ } else
wakeup_softirqd();
- __local_bh_enable(SOFTIRQ_OFFSET);
- }
}

/*

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