rcu-tasks: Convert grace-period counter to grace-period sequence number
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Mon, 8 Nov 2021 22:14:43 +0000 (14:14 -0800)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Wed, 8 Dec 2021 00:26:57 +0000 (16:26 -0800)
commitb14fb4fbbcd8ff62f1a7aa2c6e2603424c117943
tree01b2773292f10bbc17eb26509442788bf3f22e12
parent7a30871b6a27de1a1f418c7fd2c5dde9a46bfd16
rcu-tasks: Convert grace-period counter to grace-period sequence number

This commit moves the rcu_tasks structure's ->n_gps grace-period-counter
field to a ->task_gp_seq grce-period sequence number in order to enable
use of the rcu_segcblist structure for the callback lists.  This in turn
permits CPUs to lag behind the RCU Tasks grace-period sequence number
without suffering long-term slowdowns in callback invocation.

Reported-by: Martin Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraj.iitr10@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
kernel/rcu/tasks.h