Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/13] Miscellaneous fixes for 4.4

From	Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/13] Miscellaneous fixes for 4.4
Date	2015-10-06 19:30 +0200
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On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 09:13:05AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> This series contains miscellaneous fixes:
> 
> 1.	Export sched_setscheduler_nocheck() so that the new locktorture
> 	rtmutex_lock tests can be run as modules, courtesy of Davidlohr
> 	Bueso.
> 
> 2.	Use rcu_callback_t in call_rcu*() and friends to improve
> 	readability and to make cscope able to find them, courtesy of
> 	Boqun Feng.
> 
> 3.	Use call_rcu_func_t to replace explicit type equivalents when
> 	defining RCU callback functions, courtesy of Boqun Feng.
> 
> 4.	Don't unnecessarily disable preemption for Tiny and Tree
> 	RCU readers (only for preemptible RCU readers), courtesy
> 	of Boqun Feng.
> 
> 5.	Eliminate boot-time panic when a silly boot-time fanout is
> 	specified.
> 
> 6.	Add online/offline info to help debug stall-warning messages.
> 
> 7.	Move preemption disabling out of __srcu_read_lock() into
> 	srcu_read_lock().
> 
> 8.	Finish folding ->fqs_state into ->gp_state, courtesy of Petr Mladek.
> 
> 9.	Correct comment for values of ->gp_state field.
> 
> 10.	Add rcu_pointer_handoff() to allow explicit marking of handing
> 	off protection from RCU to some other means, such as locking
> 	or reference counting.
> 
> 11.	Make list_entry_rcu() use lockless_dereference(), courtesy
> 	of Patrick Marlier.  Despite the fact that this patch
> 	does nothing more than eliminate a single store and a
> 	single load of an unshared stack variable it nevertheless
> 	manages to provide a measurable performance increase:
> 	http://people.csail.mit.edu/amatveev/RLU_SOSP2015.pdf
> 
> 12.	Remove deprecated rcu_lockdep_assert().

(And a patch 13 not mentioned here.)

I responded to patches 4, 6, and 10 with feedback; for the rest (and for
those with the issues addressed):

Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
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[PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/13] Miscellaneous fixes for 4.4 "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 18:20 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Don't disable preemption for Tiny and Tree RCU readers "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 18:20 +0200
    Re: [Kernel networking modules.]  OSI levels 2 & 3, Assistance - If anyone knows anyone in the US. North West region "John D Allen, Leveridge Systems INC"   <john.allen@leveridgesystems.com> - 2015-10-06 18:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Don't disable preemption for  Tiny and Tree RCU readers Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2015-10-06 18:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Don't disable preemption for  Tiny and Tree RCU readers Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2015-10-06 19:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Don't disable preemption for  Tiny and Tree RCU readers Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2015-10-06 19:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Don't disable preemption for  Tiny and Tree RCU readers "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 19:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Don't disable preemption for  Tiny and Tree RCU readers Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-06 22:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Don't disable preemption for  Tiny and Tree RCU readers "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 22:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Don't disable preemption for  Tiny and Tree RCU readers Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-06 23:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Don't disable preemption for  Tiny and Tree RCU readers "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 23:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Don't disable preemption for  Tiny and Tree RCU readers Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-07 09:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Don't disable preemption for  Tiny and Tree RCU readers "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 19:20 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 03/13] rcu: Use call_rcu_func_t to replace explicit type equivalents "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 18:20 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 01/13] sched: Export sched_setscheduler_nocheck "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 18:20 +0200
    [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/13] rcu: Correct comment for values of ->gp_state field "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 18:20 +0200
    [PATCH tip/core/rcu 11/13] rculist: Make list_entry_rcu() use lockless_dereference() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 18:20 +0200
    [PATCH tip/core/rcu 02/13] rcu: Use rcu_callback_t in call_rcu*() and friends "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 18:20 +0200
    [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/13] rcu: Remove deprecated rcu_lockdep_assert() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 18:20 +0200
    [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/13] rcu: Add online/offline info to stall warning message "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 18:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/13] rcu: Add online/offline info to stall  warning message Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2015-10-06 19:20 +0200
    [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/13] rcu: Move preemption disabling out of __srcu_read_lock() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 18:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/13] rcu: Move preemption disabling out of  __srcu_read_lock() Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2015-10-06 19:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/13] rcu: Move preemption disabling out of  __srcu_read_lock() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 19:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/13] rcu: Move preemption disabling out of  __srcu_read_lock() Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2015-10-06 19:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/13] rcu: Move preemption disabling out of  __srcu_read_lock() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 20:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/13] rcu: Move preemption disabling out of  __srcu_read_lock() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-06 22:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/13] rcu: Move preemption disabling out of  __srcu_read_lock() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 22:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/13] rcu: Move preemption disabling out of  __srcu_read_lock() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-06 22:40 +0200
            Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/13] rcu: Move preemption disabling out of  __srcu_read_lock() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 23:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/13] rcu: Move preemption disabling out of  __srcu_read_lock() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-07 09:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/13] rcu: Move preemption disabling out of  __srcu_read_lock() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-07 16:20 +0200
    [PATCH tip/core/rcu 05/13] rcu: Eliminate panic when silly boot-time fanout specified "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 18:30 +0200
    [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/13] rcu: Add rcu_pointer_handoff() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 18:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/13] rcu: Add rcu_pointer_handoff() Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2015-10-06 19:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/13] rcu: Add rcu_pointer_handoff() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 19:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/13] rcu: Add rcu_pointer_handoff() Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2015-10-06 19:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/13] rcu: Add rcu_pointer_handoff() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-06 22:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/13] rcu: Add rcu_pointer_handoff() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 23:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/13] rcu: Add rcu_pointer_handoff() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-07 09:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/13] rcu: Add rcu_pointer_handoff() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-07 16:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/13] Miscellaneous fixes for 4.4 Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2015-10-06 19:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/13] Miscellaneous fixes for 4.4 "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-06 19:40 +0200

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