rcu/nocb: Remove needless LOAD-ACQUIRE
The LOAD-ACQUIRE access performed on rdp->nocb_cb_sleep advertizes ordering callback execution against grace period completion. However this is contradicted by the following: * This LOAD-ACQUIRE doesn't pair with anything. The only counterpart barrier that can be found is the smp_mb() placed after callbacks advancing in nocb_gp_wait(). However the barrier is placed _after_ ->nocb_cb_sleep write. * Callbacks can be concurrently advanced between the LOAD-ACQUIRE on ->nocb_cb_sleep and the call to rcu_segcblist_extract_done_cbs() in rcu_do_batch(), making any ordering based on ->nocb_cb_sleep broken. * Both rcu_segcblist_extract_done_cbs() and rcu_advance_cbs() are called under the nocb_lock, the latter hereby providing already the desired ACQUIRE semantics. Therefore it is safe to access ->nocb_cb_sleep with a simple compiler barrier. Signed-off-by:Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Reviewed-by:
Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
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