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-rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcu/tree.c | 10 |
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; |