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Oleg Nesterov committed 89da3b94bb9
rcu/sync: Simplify the state machine With this patch rcu_sync has a single state variable and the transition rules become really simple: GP_IDLE - owned by the first rcu_sync_enter() which moves it to GP_ENTER - owned by rcu-callback which moves it to GP_PASSED - owned by the last rcu_sync_exit() which moves it to GP_EXIT - and this is the only "nontrivial" state. rcu-callback moves it back to GP_IDLE unless another enter() comes before a GP pass. If rcu-callback is invoked before the next rcu_sync_exit() it must see gp_count incremented by that enter() and set GP_PASSED. Otherwise, if the next rcu_sync_exit() wins the race, it will move it to GP_REPLAY - owned by rcu-callback which moves it to GP_EXIT Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> [ paulmck: While here, apply READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() to ->gp_state. ] [ paulmck: Tweaks to make htmldocs happy. (Reported by kbuild test robot.) ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>