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authorMathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>2008-07-25 01:48:38 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-25 10:53:45 -0700
commit28325df0d9339b7f3aba9c45174d4586223ef46b (patch)
treeca5fcbc3b2bd63ee94b2ce2fe80752ea2d9c884f /kernel/marker.c
parent24879a8e3e68f146d4d85528cc0b5dea712b77c5 (diff)
downloadlinux-28325df0d9339b7f3aba9c45174d4586223ef46b.tar.gz
markers: use rcu_barrier_sched() and call_rcu_sched()
rcu_barrier_sched() and call_rcu_sched() were introduced in 2.6.26 for the
Markers.  Change the marker code to use them.

It can be seen as a fix since the marker code was using an ugly,
temporary, #ifdef hack to work around CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Acked-by: Paul McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/marker.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/marker.c25
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/marker.c b/kernel/marker.c
index 1abfb923b761..971da5317903 100644
--- a/kernel/marker.c
+++ b/kernel/marker.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static int remove_marker(const char *name)
 	hlist_del(&e->hlist);
 	/* Make sure the call_rcu has been executed */
 	if (e->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier();
+		rcu_barrier_sched();
 	kfree(e);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static int marker_set_format(struct marker_entry **entry, const char *format)
 	hlist_del(&(*entry)->hlist);
 	/* Make sure the call_rcu has been executed */
 	if ((*entry)->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier();
+		rcu_barrier_sched();
 	kfree(*entry);
 	*entry = e;
 	trace_mark(core_marker_format, "name %s format %s",
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ int marker_probe_register(const char *name, const char *format,
 	 * make sure it's executed now.
 	 */
 	if (entry->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier();
+		rcu_barrier_sched();
 	old = marker_entry_add_probe(entry, probe, probe_private);
 	if (IS_ERR(old)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(old);
@@ -670,10 +670,7 @@ int marker_probe_register(const char *name, const char *format,
 	entry->rcu_pending = 1;
 	/* write rcu_pending before calling the RCU callback */
 	smp_wmb();
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
-	synchronize_sched();	/* Until we have the call_rcu_sched() */
-#endif
-	call_rcu(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
+	call_rcu_sched(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
 end:
 	mutex_unlock(&markers_mutex);
 	return ret;
@@ -704,7 +701,7 @@ int marker_probe_unregister(const char *name,
 	if (!entry)
 		goto end;
 	if (entry->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier();
+		rcu_barrier_sched();
 	old = marker_entry_remove_probe(entry, probe, probe_private);
 	mutex_unlock(&markers_mutex);
 	marker_update_probes();		/* may update entry */
@@ -716,10 +713,7 @@ int marker_probe_unregister(const char *name,
 	entry->rcu_pending = 1;
 	/* write rcu_pending before calling the RCU callback */
 	smp_wmb();
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
-	synchronize_sched();	/* Until we have the call_rcu_sched() */
-#endif
-	call_rcu(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
+	call_rcu_sched(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
 	remove_marker(name);	/* Ignore busy error message */
 	ret = 0;
 end:
@@ -786,7 +780,7 @@ int marker_probe_unregister_private_data(marker_probe_func *probe,
 		goto end;
 	}
 	if (entry->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier();
+		rcu_barrier_sched();
 	old = marker_entry_remove_probe(entry, NULL, probe_private);
 	mutex_unlock(&markers_mutex);
 	marker_update_probes();		/* may update entry */
@@ -797,10 +791,7 @@ int marker_probe_unregister_private_data(marker_probe_func *probe,
 	entry->rcu_pending = 1;
 	/* write rcu_pending before calling the RCU callback */
 	smp_wmb();
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
-	synchronize_sched();	/* Until we have the call_rcu_sched() */
-#endif
-	call_rcu(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
+	call_rcu_sched(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
 	remove_marker(entry->name);	/* Ignore busy error message */
 end:
 	mutex_unlock(&markers_mutex);