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-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index bcd635e42841..3f93033d3c61 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1305,10 +1305,16 @@ rcu_start_future_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp, struct rcu_data *rdp,
* believe that a grace period is in progress, then we must wait
* for the one following, which is in "c". Because our request
* will be noticed at the end of the current grace period, we don't
- * need to explicitly start one.
+ * need to explicitly start one. We only do the lockless check
+ * of rnp_root's fields if the current rcu_node structure thinks
+ * there is no grace period in flight, and because we hold rnp->lock,
+ * the only possible change is when rnp_root's two fields are
+ * equal, in which case rnp_root->gpnum might be concurrently
+ * incremented. But that is OK, as it will just result in our
+ * doing some extra useless work.
*/
if (rnp->gpnum != rnp->completed ||
- ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->gpnum) != ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->completed)) {
+ ACCESS_ONCE(rnp_root->gpnum) != ACCESS_ONCE(rnp_root->completed)) {
rnp->need_future_gp[c & 0x1]++;
trace_rcu_future_gp(rnp, rdp, c, TPS("Startedleaf"));
goto out;