Re: [PATCH] rcu-tasks: Add missing inline to show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread() dummy

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Sat Oct 17 2020 - 11:38:30 EST


On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 12:31:44PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> If CONFIG_TINY_RCU=y:
>
> In file included from kernel/rcu/update.c:591:
> kernel/rcu/tasks.h:710:13: warning: ‘show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
> static void show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread(void) {}
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Fix this by marking show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread() inline.
>
> Fixes: e21408ceec2de5be ("rcu-tasks: Add RCU tasks to rcutorture writer stall output")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Good catch, but commit 2cf0c4b5 ("rcutorture: Make grace-period kthread
report match RCU flavor being tested") beat you to it, though apparently
by accident.

Either way, thank you for your time and attention!

Thanx, Paul

> ---
> Exposed by commit 1e6c62a882155772 ("bpf: Introduce sleepable BPF
> programs"), which selects TASKS_TRACE_RCU.
> ---
> kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
> index d5d9f2d03e8a0ac9..8c290cc45e6fc63a 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
> @@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static void show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread(void)
> #endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_TINY_RCU */
>
> #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RUDE_RCU */
> -static void show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread(void) {}
> +static inline void show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread(void) {}
> #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RUDE_RCU */
>
> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> --
> 2.17.1
>