[PATCH 2/2] rcu: eliminate rcu_data.last_qsctr

[Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>]

Hello.

Is the rcu_data.last_qsctr really needed?

It is used in rcu_check_quiescent_state() exclusively.
I think we can reset qsctr at the start of the grace period,
and then just test qsctr against 0.

Oleg.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>

--- 2.6.10-rc2/include/linux/rcupdate.h~	2004-11-27 21:32:49.000000000 +0300
+++ 2.6.10-rc2/include/linux/rcupdate.h	2004-11-28 18:59:40.349288512 +0300
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ struct rcu_data {
 	/* 1) quiescent state handling : */
 	long		quiescbatch;     /* Batch # for grace period */
 	long		qsctr;		 /* User-mode/idle loop etc. */
-	long            last_qsctr;	 /* value of qsctr at beginning */
-					 /* of rcu grace period */
 	int		qs_pending;	 /* core waits for quiesc state */
 
 	/* 2) batch handling */
--- 2.6.10-rc2/kernel/rcupdate.c~	2004-11-28 17:29:19.084446040 +0300
+++ 2.6.10-rc2/kernel/rcupdate.c	2004-11-28 20:01:29.417424448 +0300
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ static void rcu_check_quiescent_state(st
 			struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 {
 	if (rdp->quiescbatch != rcp->cur) {
-		/* new grace period: record qsctr value. */
+		/* new grace period: reset qsctr value. */
 		rdp->qs_pending = 1;
-		rdp->last_qsctr = rdp->qsctr;
+		rdp->qsctr = 0;
 		rdp->quiescbatch = rcp->cur;
 		return;
 	}
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static void rcu_check_quiescent_state(st
 	if (!rdp->qs_pending)
 		return;
 
-	if (rdp->qsctr == rdp->last_qsctr)
+	if (rdp->qsctr == 0)
 		return;
 	rdp->qs_pending = 0;