2024-06-03 15:30:52

by Christian Loehle

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Subject: [PATCH] idle: Remove stale RCU comment

The call of rcu_idle_enter() from within cpuidle_idle_call() was
removed in commit 1098582a0f6c ("sched,idle,rcu: Push rcu_idle deeper
into the idle path") which makes the comment out of place.

Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <[email protected]>
---
kernel/sched/idle.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
index 6135fbe83d68..3cc1a592d9a1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
@@ -179,12 +179,6 @@ static void cpuidle_idle_call(void)
return;
}

- /*
- * The RCU framework needs to be told that we are entering an idle
- * section, so no more rcu read side critical sections and one more
- * step to the grace period
- */
-
if (cpuidle_not_available(drv, dev)) {
tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick();

--
2.34.1


Subject: [tip: sched/core] idle: Remove stale RCU comment

The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 764d5fcc2a58d789629f6800451975fc93f25822
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/764d5fcc2a58d789629f6800451975fc93f25822
Author: Christian Loehle <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:30:39 +01:00
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
CommitterDate: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 15:52:35 +02:00

idle: Remove stale RCU comment

The call of rcu_idle_enter() from within cpuidle_idle_call() was
removed in commit 1098582a0f6c ("sched,idle,rcu: Push rcu_idle deeper
into the idle path") which makes the comment out of place.

Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
---
kernel/sched/idle.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
index 770e698..6e78d07 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
@@ -179,12 +179,6 @@ static void cpuidle_idle_call(void)
return;
}

- /*
- * The RCU framework needs to be told that we are entering an idle
- * section, so no more RCU read side critical sections and one more
- * step to the grace period
- */
-
if (cpuidle_not_available(drv, dev)) {
tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick();


2024-06-14 14:01:55

by Wysocki, Rafael J

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] idle: Remove stale RCU comment

On 6/3/2024 5:30 PM, Christian Loehle wrote:
> The call of rcu_idle_enter() from within cpuidle_idle_call() was
> removed in commit 1098582a0f6c ("sched,idle,rcu: Push rcu_idle deeper
> into the idle path") which makes the comment out of place.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>


> ---
> kernel/sched/idle.c | 6 ------
> 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> index 6135fbe83d68..3cc1a592d9a1 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> @@ -179,12 +179,6 @@ static void cpuidle_idle_call(void)
> return;
> }
>
> - /*
> - * The RCU framework needs to be told that we are entering an idle
> - * section, so no more rcu read side critical sections and one more
> - * step to the grace period
> - */
> -
> if (cpuidle_not_available(drv, dev)) {
> tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick();
>