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Currently, __call_rcu_nocb_wake() conditionally acquires the leaf rcu_node structure's ->lock, and only afterwards does rcu_advance_cbs_nowake() check to see if it is possible to advance callbacks without potentially needing to awaken the grace-period kthread. Given that the no-awaken check can be done locklessly, this commit reverses the order, so that rcu_advance_cbs_nowake() is invoked without holding the leaf rcu_node structure's ->lock and rcu_advance_cbs_nowake() checks the grace-period state before conditionally acquiring that lock, thus reducing the number of needless acquistions of the leaf rcu_node structure's ->lock. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
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