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Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/12] rcu: Move expedited code from tree.c to tree_exp.h

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Hi Paul,

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Paul E. McKenney
<paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> People have been having some difficulty finding their way around the
> RCU code.  This commit therefore pulls some of the expedited grace-period
> code from tree.c to a new tree_exp.h file.  This commit is strictly code
> movement, with the exception of a forward declaration that was added
> for the sync_sched_exp_online_cleanup() function.
>
> A subsequent commit will move the remaining expedited grace-period code
> from tree_plugin.h to tree_exp.h.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  kernel/rcu/tree.c     | 545 +-----------------------------------------------
>  kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h | 564 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 566 insertions(+), 543 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
>

I've always wondered why you chose to only have a header file instead
of the traditional x.h/x.c split for declarations and
definitions(looking at tree_plugin.h). Is there any particular reason
for this?

Thanks,
-- 
Pranith

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[PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/12] Miscellaneous RCU fixes for 4.8 "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-15 23:50 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/12] rcu: Fix a typo in a comment "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-15 23:50 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/12] rcu: No ordering for rcu_assign_pointer() of NULL "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-15 23:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/12] rcu: No ordering for  rcu_assign_pointer() of NULL Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-16 00:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/12] rcu: No ordering for  rcu_assign_pointer() of NULL Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-16 00:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/12] rcu: No ordering for  rcu_assign_pointer() of NULL "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-16 00:50 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 02/12] rcu: Fix outdated hotplug-exclusion comment in rcu_gp_init() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-15 23:50 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 03/12] rcu: Remove some superfluous lines "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-15 23:50 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/12] rcu: Move expedited code from tree.c to tree_exp.h "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-15 23:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/12] rcu: Move expedited code from tree.c  to tree_exp.h Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-16 00:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/12] rcu: Move expedited code from tree.c  to tree_exp.h "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-16 00:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/12] rcu: Move expedited code from tree.c  to tree_exp.h Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com> - 2016-06-17 17:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/12] rcu: Move expedited code from tree.c  to tree_exp.h "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-17 19:50 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/12] rcu: Correctly handle sparse possible cpus "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-15 23:50 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 08/12] rcu: Disable TASKS_RCU for usermode Linux "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-15 23:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 08/12] rcu: Disable TASKS_RCU for usermode  Linux Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> - 2016-06-15 23:50 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/12] rcu: Document RCU_NONIDLE() restrictions in comment header "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-15 23:50 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 11/12] rcu: sysctl: Panic on RCU Stall "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-15 23:50 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 05/12] rcu: Move expedited code from tree_plugin.h to tree_exp.h "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-16 00:00 +0200
  [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/12] rcu: Make call_rcu_tasks() tolerate first call with irqs disabled "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-16 00:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/12] rcu: Make call_rcu_tasks() tolerate  first call with irqs disabled Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-16 00:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/12] rcu: Make call_rcu_tasks() tolerate  first call with irqs disabled "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-16 01:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/12] rcu: Make call_rcu_tasks() tolerate  first call with irqs disabled Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-16 00:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/12] rcu: Make call_rcu_tasks() tolerate  first call with irqs disabled "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-16 01:00 +0200

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