Re: [PATCH v2 rcu/dev 2/2] rcu: Disable laziness if lazy-tracking says so

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Sun Jan 15 2023 - 15:55:14 EST


On Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:52:23 +0000
"Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> static void
> -__call_rcu_common(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func, bool lazy)
> +__call_rcu_common(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func, bool lazy_in)
> {
> static atomic_t doublefrees;
> unsigned long flags;
> struct rcu_data *rdp;
> - bool was_alldone;
> + bool was_alldone, lazy;

I'm curious to why the the extra variable.

>
> /* Misaligned rcu_head! */
> WARN_ON_ONCE((unsigned long)head & (sizeof(void *) - 1));
> @@ -2622,6 +2622,7 @@ __call_rcu_common(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func, bool lazy)
> kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc(head);
> local_irq_save(flags);
> rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);
> + lazy = lazy_in && !rcu_async_should_hurry();

Wouldn't just having:

lazy = lazy && !rcu_async_should_hurry();

be sufficient?

-- Steve

>
> /* Add the callback to our list. */
> if (unlikely(!rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(&rdp->cblist))) {
> --