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authorFrederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>2024-05-15 13:48:26 +0200
committerFrederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>2024-05-15 14:12:21 +0200
commitd551842021f40fd774f80d991717c4b41acf7af5 (patch)
treefecc9c10a2daf40f1bb0a43d1a64d9e4937e0bd3
parent1ae54be9b8c4b5401368eeae056e0887c0290702 (diff)
downloadlinux-dynticks-rcu/dev.tar.gz
rcu/exp: Remove redundant full memory barrier at the end of GPrcu/dev
A full memory barrier is necessary at the end of the expedited grace period to order: 1) The grace period completion (pictured by the GP sequence number) with all preceding accesses. This pairs with rcu_seq_end() performed by the concurrent kworker. 2) The grace period completion and subsequent post-GP update side accesses. Pairs again against rcu_seq_end(). This full barrier is already provided by the final sync_exp_work_done() test, making the subsequent explicit one redundant. Remove it and improve comments. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
index bec24ea6777e84..721cb93b1fece0 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
@@ -265,7 +265,12 @@ static bool sync_exp_work_done(unsigned long s)
{
if (rcu_exp_gp_seq_done(s)) {
trace_rcu_exp_grace_period(rcu_state.name, s, TPS("done"));
- smp_mb(); /* Ensure test happens before caller kfree(). */
+ /*
+ * Order GP completion with preceding accesses. Order also GP
+ * completion with post GP update side accesses. Pairs with
+ * rcu_seq_end().
+ */
+ smp_mb();
return true;
}
return false;
@@ -959,7 +964,6 @@ void synchronize_rcu_expedited(void)
rnp = rcu_get_root();
wait_event(rnp->exp_wq[rcu_seq_ctr(s) & 0x3],
sync_exp_work_done(s));
- smp_mb(); /* Work actions happen before return. */
/* Let the next expedited grace period start. */
mutex_unlock(&rcu_state.exp_mutex);