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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 11/11] rcu: move TREE_RCU from softirq to kthread
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 05:39:40PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> +/*
> + * Wake up the current CPU's kthread. This replaces raise_softirq()
> + * in earlier versions of RCU.
> + */
> +static void invoke_rcu_kthread(void)
> +{
> + unsigned long flags;
> + wait_queue_head_t *q;
> + int cpu;
> +
> + local_irq_save(flags);
> + cpu = smp_processor_id();
> + if (per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) == NULL) {
> + local_irq_restore(flags);
> + return;
> + }
> + per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 1;
> + q = &per_cpu(rcu_cpu_wq, cpu);

I see you make extensive use of per_cpu() accessors even for
local variables.

I tend to think it's better to use __get_cpu_var() for local
accesses and keep per_cpu() for remote accesses.

There are several reasons for that:

* __get_cpu_var() checks we are in a non-preemptible section,
per_cpu() doesn't. That may sound of a limited interest for code like the
above, but by the time code can move, and then we might lose track of some
things, etc...

* local accesses can be optimized by architectures. per_cpu() implies
finding the local cpu number, and dereference an array of cpu offsets with
that number to find the local cpu offset.
__get_cpu_var() does a direct access to __my_cpu_offset which is a nice
shortcut if the arch implements it.

* It makes code easier to review: we know that __get_cpu_var() is
for local accesses and per_cpu() for remote.

> + wake_up(q);
> + local_irq_restore(flags);
> +}


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