From f92c734f02cbf10e40569facff82059ae9b61920 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 15:40:35 -0700 Subject: rcu: Prevent rcu_barrier() from starting needless grace periods Currently rcu_barrier() uses call_rcu() to enqueue new callbacks on each CPU with a non-empty callback list. This works, but means that rcu_barrier() forces grace periods that are not otherwise needed. The key point is that rcu_barrier() never needs to wait for a grace period, but instead only for all pre-existing callbacks to be invoked. This means that rcu_barrier()'s new callbacks should be placed in the callback-list segment containing the last pre-existing callback. This commit makes this change using the new rcu_segcblist_entrain() function. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- include/trace/events/rcu.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/trace/events/rcu.h') diff --git a/include/trace/events/rcu.h b/include/trace/events/rcu.h index e3facb356838..91dc089d65b7 100644 --- a/include/trace/events/rcu.h +++ b/include/trace/events/rcu.h @@ -742,6 +742,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(rcu_torture_read, * "OnlineQ": _rcu_barrier() found online CPU with callbacks. * "OnlineNQ": _rcu_barrier() found online CPU, no callbacks. * "IRQ": An rcu_barrier_callback() callback posted on remote CPU. + * "IRQNQ": An rcu_barrier_callback() callback found no callbacks. * "CB": An rcu_barrier_callback() invoked a callback, not the last. * "LastCB": An rcu_barrier_callback() invoked the last callback. * "Inc2": _rcu_barrier() piggyback check counter incremented. -- cgit v1.2.3