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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index 80cac1cd0859..abb415bb5439 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
/* Definition for rcupdate control block. */
struct rcu_ctrlblk rcu_ctrlblk =
- { .cur = -300, .completed = -300 , .lock = SEQCNT_ZERO };
+ { .cur = -300, .completed = -300 };
struct rcu_ctrlblk rcu_bh_ctrlblk =
- { .cur = -300, .completed = -300 , .lock = SEQCNT_ZERO };
+ { .cur = -300, .completed = -300 };
/* Bookkeeping of the progress of the grace period */
struct rcu_state {
@@ -185,10 +185,13 @@ static void rcu_start_batch(struct rcu_ctrlblk *rcp, struct rcu_state *rsp,
rcp->completed == rcp->cur) {
/* Can't change, since spin lock held. */
cpus_andnot(rsp->cpumask, cpu_online_map, nohz_cpu_mask);
- write_seqcount_begin(&rcp->lock);
+
rcp->next_pending = 0;
+ /* next_pending == 0 must be visible in __rcu_process_callbacks()
+ * before it can see new value of cur.
+ */
+ smp_wmb();
rcp->cur++;
- write_seqcount_end(&rcp->lock);
}
}
@@ -319,8 +322,6 @@ static void __rcu_process_callbacks(struct rcu_ctrlblk *rcp,
local_irq_disable();
if (rdp->nxtlist && !rdp->curlist) {
- int next_pending, seq;
-
rdp->curlist = rdp->nxtlist;
rdp->curtail = rdp->nxttail;
rdp->nxtlist = NULL;
@@ -330,14 +331,15 @@ static void __rcu_process_callbacks(struct rcu_ctrlblk *rcp,
/*
* start the next batch of callbacks
*/
- do {
- seq = read_seqcount_begin(&rcp->lock);
- /* determine batch number */
- rdp->batch = rcp->cur + 1;
- next_pending = rcp->next_pending;
- } while (read_seqcount_retry(&rcp->lock, seq));
-
- if (!next_pending) {
+
+ /* determine batch number */
+ rdp->batch = rcp->cur + 1;
+ /* see the comment and corresponding wmb() in
+ * the rcu_start_batch()
+ */
+ smp_rmb();
+
+ if (!rcp->next_pending) {
/* and start it/schedule start if it's a new batch */
spin_lock(&rsp->lock);
rcu_start_batch(rcp, rsp, 1);