On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 05:34:18PM +0800, Menglong Dong wrote:
> > migrate_disable() is called to disable migration in the kernel, and it is
> > often used together with rcu_read_lock().
> >
> > However, with PREEMPT_RCU disabled, it's unnecessary, as rcu_read_lock()
> > will always disable preemption, which will also disable migration.
> >
> > Introduce rcu_read_lock_dont_migrate() and rcu_read_unlock_migrate(),
> > which will do the migration enable and disable only when !PREEMPT_RCU.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This works, but could be made much more compact with no performance
> degradation. Please see below.
>
> Thanx, Paul
>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > - introduce rcu_read_lock_dont_migrate() instead of rcu_migrate_disable()
> > ---
> > include/linux/rcupdate.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> > index 120536f4c6eb..8918b911911f 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> > @@ -962,6 +962,30 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
> > preempt_enable_notrace();
> > }
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
> > +static __always_inline void rcu_read_lock_dont_migrate(void)
> > +{
>
> Why not use IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU) to collapse the two sets of
> definitions together?
Yeah, that's a good idea, which makes the code much simpler.
Thanks!
Menglong Dong
>
> > + migrate_disable();
> > + rcu_read_lock();
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline void rcu_read_unlock_migrate(void)
> > +{
> > + rcu_read_unlock();
> > + migrate_enable();
> > +}
> > +#else
> > +static __always_inline void rcu_read_lock_dont_migrate(void)
> > +{
> > + rcu_read_lock();
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline void rcu_read_unlock_migrate(void)
> > +{
> > + rcu_read_unlock();
> > +}
> > +#endif
> > +
> > /**
> > * RCU_INIT_POINTER() - initialize an RCU protected pointer
> > * @p: The pointer to be initialized.
> > --
> > 2.50.1
> >
