RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH tip/core/rcu 13/41] ethernet/intel/ixgbe: Replace synchronize_sched() with synchronize_rcu()

From: Bowers, AndrewX
Date: Tue Nov 13 2018 - 11:54:13 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Paul E. McKenney
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2018 11:44 AM
> To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx; jiangshanlai@xxxxxxxxx;
> josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx; oleg@xxxxxxxxxx;
> dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx; edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx;
> mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx; dipankar@xxxxxxxxxx;
> joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; akpm@linux-
> foundation.org; Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> mingo@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH tip/core/rcu 13/41] ethernet/intel/ixgbe:
> Replace synchronize_sched() with synchronize_rcu()
>
> Now that synchronize_rcu() waits for preempt-disable regions of code as
> well as RCU read-side critical sections, synchronize_sched() can be replaced
> by synchronize_rcu(). This commit therefore makes this change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@xxxxxxxxx>