Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 3/3] srcu: Make early-boot call_srcu() reuse workqueue lists

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 10:37:42 -0700
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> > > But still triggered the following:
> > > 
> > >  WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at /work/git/linux-trace.git/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:242 check_init_srcu_struct+0x85/0x90  
> > 
> > Gah!!!  I needed to have removed that WARN_ON_ONCE(), didn't I?
> > In fact, I should have removed that once I started using workqueues,
> > quite some time back.  
> 
> As in the below patch.
> 
> 							Thanx, Paul
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> index 75571ff09c62..a8846ed7f352 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> @@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ static void check_init_srcu_struct(struct srcu_struct *sp)
>  {
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  
> -	WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_scheduler_active == RCU_SCHEDULER_INIT);

Well it boots without warning ;-)

Tested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

-- Steve

>  	/* The smp_load_acquire() pairs with the smp_store_release(). */
>  	if (!rcu_seq_state(smp_load_acquire(&sp->srcu_gp_seq_needed))) /*^^^*/
>  		return; /* Already initialized. */