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-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree.c18
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index f5ca72f2ed43..4bbba17422cd 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1705,20 +1705,12 @@ rcu_start_future_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp, struct rcu_data *rdp,
}
/*
- * If either this rcu_node structure or the root rcu_node structure
- * believe that a grace period is in progress, then we must wait
- * for the one following, which is in "c". Because our request
- * will be noticed at the end of the current grace period, we don't
- * need to explicitly start one. We only do the lockless check
- * of rnp_root's fields if the current rcu_node structure thinks
- * there is no grace period in flight, and because we hold rnp->lock,
- * the only possible change is when rnp_root's two fields are
- * equal, in which case rnp_root->gpnum might be concurrently
- * incremented. But that is OK, as it will just result in our
- * doing some extra useless work.
+ * If this rcu_node structure believes that a grace period is in
+ * progress, then we must wait for the one following, which is in
+ * "c". Because our request will be noticed at the end of the
+ * current grace period, we don't need to explicitly start one.
*/
- if (rnp->gpnum != rnp->completed ||
- READ_ONCE(rnp_root->gpnum) != READ_ONCE(rnp_root->completed)) {
+ if (rnp->gpnum != rnp->completed) {
rnp->need_future_gp[c & 0x1]++;
trace_rcu_future_gp(rnp, rdp, c, TPS("Startedleaf"));
goto out;