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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c index ab4ee58af84b..68f89c533057 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c @@ -1085,16 +1085,36 @@ static bool try_check_zero(struct srcu_struct *ssp, int idx, int trycount) static void srcu_flip(struct srcu_struct *ssp) { /* - * Ensure that if this updater saw a given reader's increment - * from __srcu_read_lock(), that reader was using an old value - * of ->srcu_idx. Also ensure that if a given reader sees the - * new value of ->srcu_idx, this updater's earlier scans cannot - * have seen that reader's increments (which is OK, because this - * grace period need not wait on that reader). + * Because the flip of ->srcu_idx is executed only if the + * preceding call to srcu_readers_active_idx_check() found that + * the ->srcu_unlock_count[] and ->srcu_lock_count[] sums matched + * and because that summing uses atomic_long_read(), there is + * ordering due to a control dependency between that summing and + * the WRITE_ONCE() in this call to srcu_flip(). This ordering + * ensures that if this updater saw a given reader's increment from + * __srcu_read_lock(), that reader was using a value of ->srcu_idx + * from before the previous call to srcu_flip(), which should be + * quite rare. This ordering thus helps forward progress because + * the grace period could otherwise be delayed by additional + * calls to __srcu_read_lock() using that old (soon to be new) + * value of ->srcu_idx. + * + * This sum-equality check and ordering also ensures that if + * a given call to __srcu_read_lock() uses the new value of + * ->srcu_idx, this updater's earlier scans cannot have seen + * that reader's increments, which is all to the good, because + * this grace period need not wait on that reader. After all, + * if those earlier scans had seen that reader, there would have + * been a sum mismatch and this code would not be reached. + * + * This means that the following smp_mb() is redundant, but + * it stays until either (1) Compilers learn about this sort of + * control dependency or (2) Some production workload running on + * a production system is unduly delayed by this slowpath smp_mb(). */ smp_mb(); /* E */ /* Pairs with B and C. */ - WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx, ssp->srcu_idx + 1); + WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx, ssp->srcu_idx + 1); // Flip the counter. /* * Ensure that if the updater misses an __srcu_read_unlock() |