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[1/3] srcu: Remove smp_mb() from srcu_read_unlock_lite()

Message ID 20241112013143.1926484-1-paulmck@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit ea13f28bd2cb2404dcd87943498c37cc64c6220a
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Series [1/3] srcu: Remove smp_mb() from srcu_read_unlock_lite() | expand

Commit Message

Paul E. McKenney Nov. 12, 2024, 1:31 a.m. UTC
The srcu_read_unlock_lite() function invokes __srcu_read_unlock() instead
of __srcu_read_unlock_lite(), which means that it is doing an unnecessary
smp_mb().  This is harmless other than the performance degradation.

This commit therefore switches to __srcu_read_unlock_lite().

Reported-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@amd.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/d07e8f4a-d5ff-4c8e-8e61-50db285c57e9@amd.com/
Fixes: c0f08d6b5a61 ("srcu: Add srcu_read_lock_lite() and srcu_read_unlock_lite()")
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/srcu.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Neeraj Upadhyay Nov. 12, 2024, 3:17 a.m. UTC | #1
On 11/12/2024 7:01 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> The srcu_read_unlock_lite() function invokes __srcu_read_unlock() instead
> of __srcu_read_unlock_lite(), which means that it is doing an unnecessary
> smp_mb().  This is harmless other than the performance degradation.
> 
> This commit therefore switches to __srcu_read_unlock_lite().
> 
> Reported-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@amd.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/d07e8f4a-d5ff-4c8e-8e61-50db285c57e9@amd.com/
> Fixes: c0f08d6b5a61 ("srcu: Add srcu_read_lock_lite() and srcu_read_unlock_lite()")
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@amd.com>


- Neeraj
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diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h
index 512a8c54ba5ba..fff6265818d4f 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcu.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcu.h
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@  static inline void srcu_read_unlock_lite(struct srcu_struct *ssp, int idx)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(idx & ~0x1);
 	srcu_check_read_flavor(ssp, SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_LITE);
 	srcu_lock_release(&ssp->dep_map);
-	__srcu_read_unlock(ssp, idx);
+	__srcu_read_unlock_lite(ssp, idx);
 }
 
 /**