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-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h4
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h4
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h14
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index a51c13c2b1a0..e4c7b6241088 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -572,8 +572,10 @@ union rcu_special {
struct {
u8 blocked;
u8 need_qs;
+ u8 exp_hint; /* Hint for performance. */
+ u8 pad; /* No garbage from compiler! */
} b; /* Bits. */
- u16 s; /* Set of bits. */
+ u32 s; /* Set of bits. */
};
enum perf_event_task_context {
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
index e669ccf3751b..928fe5893a57 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
@@ -692,8 +692,10 @@ static void sync_rcu_exp_handler(void *unused)
*/
if (t->rcu_read_lock_nesting > 0) {
raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
- if (rnp->expmask & rdp->grpmask)
+ if (rnp->expmask & rdp->grpmask) {
rdp->deferred_qs = true;
+ WRITE_ONCE(t->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.exp_hint, true);
+ }
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
}
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 05915e536336..618956cc7a55 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -642,13 +642,21 @@ static void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
local_irq_save(flags);
irqs_were_disabled = irqs_disabled_flags(flags);
- if ((preempt_bh_were_disabled || irqs_were_disabled) &&
- t->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.blocked) {
+ if (preempt_bh_were_disabled || irqs_were_disabled) {
+ WRITE_ONCE(t->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.exp_hint, false);
/* Need to defer quiescent state until everything is enabled. */
- raise_softirq_irqoff(RCU_SOFTIRQ);
+ if (irqs_were_disabled) {
+ /* Enabling irqs does not reschedule, so... */
+ raise_softirq_irqoff(RCU_SOFTIRQ);
+ } else {
+ /* Enabling BH or preempt does reschedule, so... */
+ set_tsk_need_resched(current);
+ set_preempt_need_resched();
+ }
local_irq_restore(flags);
return;
}
+ WRITE_ONCE(t->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.exp_hint, false);
rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_irqrestore(t, flags);
}