[PATCH rcu/dev -fixes 3/4] rcu/tree: Avoid using xchg() in kfree_call_rcu_add_ptr_to_bulk()

[Joel Fernandes (Google)]

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

There is no need to use xchg(), the access is serialized by krcp->lock.
The xchg() function adds some atomic barriers which remain hidden in
x86's disassembly but are visible on ARM for instance.

Replace xchg() with a load + store.

Acked-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index cd61649e1b001..f6eb3aee0935e 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3088,7 +3088,8 @@ kfree_call_rcu_add_ptr_to_bulk(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp,
 	/* Check if a new block is required. */
 	if (!krcp->bhead ||
 			krcp->bhead->nr_records == KFREE_BULK_MAX_ENTR) {
-		bnode = xchg(&krcp->bcached, NULL);
+		bnode = krcp->bcached;
+		krcp->bcached = NULL;
 		if (!bnode) {
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(sizeof(struct kfree_rcu_bulk_data) > PAGE_SIZE);
 
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