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rcu/tree: Add comment to describe GP-done condition in fqs loop

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Add a comment to explain why !rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp() condition
is required on root rnp node, for GP completion check in rcu_gp_fqs_loop().

Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@quicinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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Neeraj Upadhyay 2022-06-09 12:43:40 +05:30 committed by Paul E. McKenney
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@ -2005,7 +2005,15 @@ static noinline_for_stack void rcu_gp_fqs_loop(void)
rcu_gp_torture_wait();
WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_state, RCU_GP_DOING_FQS);
/* Locking provides needed memory barriers. */
/* If grace period done, leave loop. */
/*
* Exit the loop if the root rcu_node structure indicates that the grace period
* has ended, leave the loop. The rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp) check
* is required only for single-node rcu_node trees because readers blocking
* the current grace period are queued only on leaf rcu_node structures.
* For multi-node trees, checking the root node's ->qsmask suffices, because a
* given root node's ->qsmask bit is cleared only when all CPUs and tasks from
* the corresponding leaf nodes have passed through their quiescent state.
*/
if (!READ_ONCE(rnp->qsmask) &&
!rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp))
break;