Thread (6 messages) 6 messages, 2 authors, 2018-09-23

Re: [PATCH RFC 2/3] rcu: tree: Fix comment about gp_seq_needed

From: Paul E. McKenney <hidden>
Date: 2018-09-23 00:36:52
Also in: lkml

On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 07:41:26PM -0400, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
rcu_state does not have a gp_seq_needed field. This comment therefore is
confusing or incorrect. Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <redacted>
Good eyes, queued and pushed with edits, thank you!

(Yes, I do have a great deal of experience with punched cards.  Why do
you ask?)

							Thanx, Paul
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index 57a937ac51c2..fd2ba3f9eee9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct rcu_node {
 					/*  some rcu_state fields as well as */
 					/*  following. */
 	unsigned long gp_seq;	/* Track rsp->rcu_gp_seq. */
-	unsigned long gp_seq_needed; /* Track rsp->rcu_gp_seq_needed. */
+	unsigned long gp_seq_needed; /* Track the furthest future gp request seen */
 	unsigned long completedqs; /* All QSes done for this node. */
 	unsigned long qsmask;	/* CPUs or groups that need to switch in */
 				/*  order for current grace period to proceed.*/
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ union rcu_noqs {
 struct rcu_data {
 	/* 1) quiescent-state and grace-period handling : */
 	unsigned long	gp_seq;		/* Track rsp->rcu_gp_seq counter. */
-	unsigned long	gp_seq_needed;	/* Track rsp->rcu_gp_seq_needed ctr. */
+	unsigned long	gp_seq_needed;	/* Track the furthest future gp request seen */
 	union rcu_noqs	cpu_no_qs;	/* No QSes yet for this CPU. */
 	bool		core_needs_qs;	/* Core waits for quiesc state. */
 	bool		beenonline;	/* CPU online at least once. */
-- 
2.19.0.444.g18242da7ef-goog
  
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