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-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree.c19
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree.h1
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 0ccdca441ddf..39e14cf6a9c0 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2396,6 +2396,7 @@ int rcutree_dead_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU))
return 0;
+ WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.n_online_cpus, rcu_state.n_online_cpus - 1);
/* Adjust any no-longer-needed kthreads. */
rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(rnp, -1);
/* Do any needed no-CB deferred wakeups from this CPU. */
@@ -3577,7 +3578,20 @@ static int rcu_blocking_is_gp(void)
return rcu_scheduler_active == RCU_SCHEDULER_INACTIVE;
might_sleep(); /* Check for RCU read-side critical section. */
preempt_disable();
- ret = num_online_cpus() <= 1;
+ /*
+ * If the rcu_state.n_online_cpus counter is equal to one,
+ * there is only one CPU, and that CPU sees all prior accesses
+ * made by any CPU that was online at the time of its access.
+ * Furthermore, if this counter is equal to one, its value cannot
+ * change until after the preempt_enable() below.
+ *
+ * Furthermore, if rcu_state.n_online_cpus is equal to one here,
+ * all later CPUs (both this one and any that come online later
+ * on) are guaranteed to see all accesses prior to this point
+ * in the code, without the need for additional memory barriers.
+ * Those memory barriers are provided by CPU-hotplug code.
+ */
+ ret = READ_ONCE(rcu_state.n_online_cpus) <= 1;
preempt_enable();
return ret;
}
@@ -3622,7 +3636,7 @@ void synchronize_rcu(void)
lock_is_held(&rcu_sched_lock_map),
"Illegal synchronize_rcu() in RCU read-side critical section");
if (rcu_blocking_is_gp())
- return;
+ return; // Context allows vacuous grace periods.
if (rcu_gp_is_expedited())
synchronize_rcu_expedited();
else
@@ -3962,6 +3976,7 @@ int rcutree_prepare_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
rcu_prepare_kthreads(cpu);
rcu_spawn_cpu_nocb_kthread(cpu);
+ WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.n_online_cpus, rcu_state.n_online_cpus + 1);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index e4f66b8f7c47..805c9eb6f7ae 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ struct rcu_state {
/* Hierarchy levels (+1 to */
/* shut bogus gcc warning) */
int ncpus; /* # CPUs seen so far. */
+ int n_online_cpus; /* # CPUs online for RCU. */
/* The following fields are guarded by the root rcu_node's lock. */