Merge tag 'v2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

[mv-sheeva.git] / kernel / srcu.c

diff --git a/kernel/srcu.c b/kernel/srcu.c
index 98d8c1e80edbcb106ba8e87c34777459aa4eff55..73ce23feaea9d27fb79d36b23fba4ad9e8c428aa 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/srcu.c
+++ b/kernel/srcu.c
@@ -155,6 +155,16 @@ void __srcu_read_unlock(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__srcu_read_unlock);
 
+/*
+ * We use an adaptive strategy for synchronize_srcu() and especially for
+ * synchronize_srcu_expedited().  We spin for a fixed time period
+ * (defined below) to allow SRCU readers to exit their read-side critical
+ * sections.  If there are still some readers after 10 microseconds,
+ * we repeatedly block for 1-millisecond time periods.  This approach
+ * has done well in testing, so there is no need for a config parameter.
+ */
+#define SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_READER_DELAY 10
+
 /*
  * Helper function for synchronize_srcu() and synchronize_srcu_expedited().
  */
@@ -207,11 +217,12 @@ static void __synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp, void (*sync_func)(void))
         * will have finished executing.  We initially give readers
         * an arbitrarily chosen 10 microseconds to get out of their
         * SRCU read-side critical sections, then loop waiting 1/HZ
-        * seconds per iteration.
+        * seconds per iteration.  The 10-microsecond value has done
+        * very well in testing.
         */
 
        if (srcu_readers_active_idx(sp, idx))
-               udelay(CONFIG_SRCU_SYNCHRONIZE_DELAY);
+               udelay(SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_READER_DELAY);
        while (srcu_readers_active_idx(sp, idx))
                schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);