Merge branch 'linus' into x86/bootmem

Conflicts:
	arch/x86/mm/numa_64.c

Merge reason: fix the conflict, update to latest -rc and pick up this
              dependent fix from Yinghai:

  e6d2e2b2b1e1: memblock: don't adjust size in memblock_find_base()

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/srcu.c b/kernel/srcu.c
index c71e07500536..73ce23feaea9 100644
--- a/kernel/srcu.c
+++ b/kernel/srcu.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/srcu.h>
 
 static int init_srcu_struct_fields(struct srcu_struct *sp)
@@ -155,6 +156,16 @@ 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().
  */
 static void __synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp, void (*sync_func)(void))
@@ -203,9 +214,15 @@ static void __synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp, void (*sync_func)(void))
 	 * all srcu_read_lock() calls using the old counters have completed.
 	 * Their corresponding critical sections might well be still
 	 * executing, but the srcu_read_lock() primitives themselves
-	 * will have finished executing.
+	 * 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.  The 10-microsecond value has done
+	 * very well in testing.
 	 */
 
+	if (srcu_readers_active_idx(sp, idx))
+		udelay(SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_READER_DELAY);
 	while (srcu_readers_active_idx(sp, idx))
 		schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);