srcu: Use rcu_segcblist to track SRCU callbacks

This commit switches SRCU from custom-built callback queues to the new
rcu_segcblist structure.  This change associates grace-period sequence
numbers with groups of callbacks, which will be needed for efficient
processing of per-CPU callbacks.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 678 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h b/include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h
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+/*
+ * RCU segmented callback lists
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, you can access it online at
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM Corporation, 2017
+ *
+ * Authors: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef __KERNEL_RCU_SEGCBLIST_H
+#define __KERNEL_RCU_SEGCBLIST_H
+
+/* Simple unsegmented callback lists. */
+struct rcu_cblist {
+	struct rcu_head *head;
+	struct rcu_head **tail;
+	long len;
+	long len_lazy;
+};
+
+#define RCU_CBLIST_INITIALIZER(n) { .head = NULL, .tail = &n.head }
+
+/* Initialize simple callback list. */
+static inline void rcu_cblist_init(struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	rclp->head = NULL;
+	rclp->tail = &rclp->head;
+	rclp->len = 0;
+	rclp->len_lazy = 0;
+}
+
+/* Is simple callback list empty? */
+static inline bool rcu_cblist_empty(struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	return !rclp->head;
+}
+
+/* Return number of callbacks in simple callback list. */
+static inline long rcu_cblist_n_cbs(struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	return rclp->len;
+}
+
+/* Return number of lazy callbacks in simple callback list. */
+static inline long rcu_cblist_n_lazy_cbs(struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	return rclp->len_lazy;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Debug function to actually count the number of callbacks.
+ * If the number exceeds the limit specified, return -1.
+ */
+static inline long rcu_cblist_count_cbs(struct rcu_cblist *rclp, long lim)
+{
+	int cnt = 0;
+	struct rcu_head **rhpp = &rclp->head;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		if (!*rhpp)
+			return cnt;
+		if (++cnt > lim)
+			return -1;
+		rhpp = &(*rhpp)->next;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Dequeue the oldest rcu_head structure from the specified callback
+ * list.  This function assumes that the callback is non-lazy, but
+ * the caller can later invoke rcu_cblist_dequeued_lazy() if it
+ * finds otherwise (and if it cares about laziness).  This allows
+ * different users to have different ways of determining laziness.
+ */
+static inline struct rcu_head *rcu_cblist_dequeue(struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	struct rcu_head *rhp;
+
+	rhp = rclp->head;
+	if (!rhp)
+		return NULL;
+	rclp->len--;
+	rclp->head = rhp->next;
+	if (!rclp->head)
+		rclp->tail = &rclp->head;
+	return rhp;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Account for the fact that a previously dequeued callback turned out
+ * to be marked as lazy.
+ */
+static inline void rcu_cblist_dequeued_lazy(struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	rclp->len_lazy--;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Interim function to return rcu_cblist head pointer.  Longer term, the
+ * rcu_cblist will be used more pervasively, removing the need for this
+ * function.
+ */
+static inline struct rcu_head *rcu_cblist_head(struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	return rclp->head;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Interim function to return rcu_cblist head pointer.  Longer term, the
+ * rcu_cblist will be used more pervasively, removing the need for this
+ * function.
+ */
+static inline struct rcu_head **rcu_cblist_tail(struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_cblist_empty(rclp));
+	return rclp->tail;
+}
+
+/* Complicated segmented callback lists.  ;-) */
+
+/*
+ * Index values for segments in rcu_segcblist structure.
+ *
+ * The segments are as follows:
+ *
+ * [head, *tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL]):
+ *	Callbacks whose grace period has elapsed, and thus can be invoked.
+ * [*tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL], *tails[RCU_WAIT_TAIL]):
+ *	Callbacks waiting for the current GP from the current CPU's viewpoint.
+ * [*tails[RCU_WAIT_TAIL], *tails[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL]):
+ *	Callbacks that arrived before the next GP started, again from
+ *	the current CPU's viewpoint.  These can be handled by the next GP.
+ * [*tails[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL], *tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL]):
+ *	Callbacks that might have arrived after the next GP started.
+ *	There is some uncertainty as to when a given GP starts and
+ *	ends, but a CPU knows the exact times if it is the one starting
+ *	or ending the GP.  Other CPUs know that the previous GP ends
+ *	before the next one starts.
+ *
+ * Note that RCU_WAIT_TAIL cannot be empty unless RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL is also
+ * empty.
+ *
+ * The ->gp_seq[] array contains the grace-period number at which the
+ * corresponding segment of callbacks will be ready to invoke.  A given
+ * element of this array is meaningful only when the corresponding segment
+ * is non-empty, and it is never valid for RCU_DONE_TAIL (whose callbacks
+ * are already ready to invoke) or for RCU_NEXT_TAIL (whose callbacks have
+ * not yet been assigned a grace-period number).
+ */
+#define RCU_DONE_TAIL		0	/* Also RCU_WAIT head. */
+#define RCU_WAIT_TAIL		1	/* Also RCU_NEXT_READY head. */
+#define RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL	2	/* Also RCU_NEXT head. */
+#define RCU_NEXT_TAIL		3
+#define RCU_CBLIST_NSEGS	4
+
+struct rcu_segcblist {
+	struct rcu_head *head;
+	struct rcu_head **tails[RCU_CBLIST_NSEGS];
+	unsigned long gp_seq[RCU_CBLIST_NSEGS];
+	long len;
+	long len_lazy;
+};
+
+#define RCU_SEGCBLIST_INITIALIZER(n) \
+{ \
+	.head = NULL, \
+	.tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL] = &n.head, \
+	.tails[RCU_WAIT_TAIL] = &n.head, \
+	.tails[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL] = &n.head, \
+	.tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL] = &n.head, \
+}
+
+/*
+ * Initialize an rcu_segcblist structure.
+ */
+static inline void rcu_segcblist_init(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(RCU_NEXT_TAIL + 1 != ARRAY_SIZE(rsclp->gp_seq));
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(rsclp->tails) != ARRAY_SIZE(rsclp->gp_seq));
+	rsclp->head = NULL;
+	for (i = 0; i < RCU_CBLIST_NSEGS; i++)
+		rsclp->tails[i] = &rsclp->head;
+	rsclp->len = 0;
+	rsclp->len_lazy = 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Is the specified rcu_segcblist structure empty?
+ *
+ * But careful!  The fact that the ->head field is NULL does not
+ * necessarily imply that there are no callbacks associated with
+ * this structure.  When callbacks are being invoked, they are
+ * removed as a group.  If callback invocation must be preempted,
+ * the remaining callbacks will be added back to the list.  Either
+ * way, the counts are updated later.
+ *
+ * So it is often the case that rcu_segcblist_n_cbs() should be used
+ * instead.
+ */
+static inline bool rcu_segcblist_empty(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	return !rsclp->head;
+}
+
+/* Return number of callbacks in segmented callback list. */
+static inline long rcu_segcblist_n_cbs(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	return READ_ONCE(rsclp->len);
+}
+
+/* Return number of lazy callbacks in segmented callback list. */
+static inline long rcu_segcblist_n_lazy_cbs(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	return rsclp->len_lazy;
+}
+
+/* Return number of lazy callbacks in segmented callback list. */
+static inline long rcu_segcblist_n_nonlazy_cbs(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	return rsclp->len - rsclp->len_lazy;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Is the specified rcu_segcblist enabled, for example, not corresponding
+ * to an offline or callback-offloaded CPU?
+ */
+static inline bool rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	return !!rsclp->tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL];
+}
+
+/*
+ * Disable the specified rcu_segcblist structure, so that callbacks can
+ * no longer be posted to it.  This structure must be empty.
+ */
+static inline void rcu_segcblist_disable(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_segcblist_empty(rsclp));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_segcblist_n_cbs(rsclp));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_segcblist_n_lazy_cbs(rsclp));
+	rsclp->tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL] = NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Is the specified segment of the specified rcu_segcblist structure
+ * empty of callbacks?
+ */
+static inline bool rcu_segcblist_segempty(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp, int seg)
+{
+	if (seg == RCU_DONE_TAIL)
+		return &rsclp->head == rsclp->tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL];
+	return rsclp->tails[seg - 1] == rsclp->tails[seg];
+}
+
+/*
+ * Are all segments following the specified segment of the specified
+ * rcu_segcblist structure empty of callbacks?  (The specified
+ * segment might well contain callbacks.)
+ */
+static inline bool rcu_segcblist_restempty(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp, int seg)
+{
+	return !*rsclp->tails[seg];
+}
+
+/*
+ * Does the specified rcu_segcblist structure contain callbacks that
+ * are ready to be invoked?
+ */
+static inline bool rcu_segcblist_ready_cbs(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	return rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(rsclp) &&
+	       &rsclp->head != rsclp->tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL];
+}
+
+/*
+ * Does the specified rcu_segcblist structure contain callbacks that
+ * are still pending, that is, not yet ready to be invoked?
+ */
+static inline bool rcu_segcblist_pend_cbs(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	return rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(rsclp) &&
+	       !rcu_segcblist_restempty(rsclp, RCU_DONE_TAIL);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Dequeue and return the first ready-to-invoke callback.  If there
+ * are no ready-to-invoke callbacks, return NULL.  Disables interrupts
+ * to avoid interference.  Does not protect from interference from other
+ * CPUs or tasks.
+ */
+static inline struct rcu_head *
+rcu_segcblist_dequeue(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int i;
+	struct rcu_head *rhp;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	if (!rcu_segcblist_ready_cbs(rsclp)) {
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	rhp = rsclp->head;
+	BUG_ON(!rhp);
+	rsclp->head = rhp->next;
+	for (i = RCU_DONE_TAIL; i < RCU_CBLIST_NSEGS; i++) {
+		if (rsclp->tails[i] != &rhp->next)
+			break;
+		rsclp->tails[i] = &rsclp->head;
+	}
+	smp_mb(); /* Dequeue before decrement for rcu_barrier(). */
+	WRITE_ONCE(rsclp->len, rsclp->len - 1);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	return rhp;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Account for the fact that a previously dequeued callback turned out
+ * to be marked as lazy.
+ */
+static inline void rcu_segcblist_dequeued_lazy(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	rsclp->len_lazy--;
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return a pointer to the first callback in the specified rcu_segcblist
+ * structure.  This is useful for diagnostics.
+ */
+static inline struct rcu_head *
+rcu_segcblist_first_cb(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	if (rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(rsclp))
+		return rsclp->head;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return a pointer to the first pending callback in the specified
+ * rcu_segcblist structure.  This is useful just after posting a given
+ * callback -- if that callback is the first pending callback, then
+ * you cannot rely on someone else having already started up the required
+ * grace period.
+ */
+static inline struct rcu_head *
+rcu_segcblist_first_pend_cb(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	if (rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(rsclp))
+		return *rsclp->tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL];
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Does the specified rcu_segcblist structure contain callbacks that
+ * have not yet been processed beyond having been posted, that is,
+ * does it contain callbacks in its last segment?
+ */
+static inline bool rcu_segcblist_new_cbs(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	return rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(rsclp) &&
+	       !rcu_segcblist_restempty(rsclp, RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Enqueue the specified callback onto the specified rcu_segcblist
+ * structure, updating accounting as needed.  Note that the ->len
+ * field may be accessed locklessly, hence the WRITE_ONCE().
+ * The ->len field is used by rcu_barrier() and friends to determine
+ * if it must post a callback on this structure, and it is OK
+ * for rcu_barrier() to sometimes post callbacks needlessly, but
+ * absolutely not OK for it to ever miss posting a callback.
+ */
+static inline void rcu_segcblist_enqueue(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp,
+					 struct rcu_head *rhp, bool lazy)
+{
+	WRITE_ONCE(rsclp->len, rsclp->len + 1); /* ->len sampled locklessly. */
+	if (lazy)
+		rsclp->len_lazy++;
+	smp_mb(); /* Ensure counts are updated before callback is enqueued. */
+	rhp->next = NULL;
+	*rsclp->tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL] = rhp;
+	rsclp->tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL] = &rhp->next;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Extract only the counts from the specified rcu_segcblist structure,
+ * and place them in the specified rcu_cblist structure.  This function
+ * supports both callback orphaning and invocation, hence the separation
+ * of counts and callbacks.  (Callbacks ready for invocation must be
+ * orphaned and adopted separately from pending callbacks, but counts
+ * apply to all callbacks.  Locking must be used to make sure that
+ * both orphaned-callbacks lists are consistent.)
+ */
+static inline void rcu_segcblist_extract_count(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp,
+					       struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	rclp->len_lazy += rsclp->len_lazy;
+	rclp->len += rsclp->len;
+	rsclp->len_lazy = 0;
+	WRITE_ONCE(rsclp->len, 0); /* ->len sampled locklessly. */
+}
+
+/*
+ * Extract only those callbacks ready to be invoked from the specified
+ * rcu_segcblist structure and place them in the specified rcu_cblist
+ * structure.
+ */
+static inline void rcu_segcblist_extract_done_cbs(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp,
+						  struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (!rcu_segcblist_ready_cbs(rsclp))
+		return; /* Nothing to do. */
+	*rclp->tail = rsclp->head;
+	rsclp->head = *rsclp->tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL];
+	*rsclp->tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL] = NULL;
+	rclp->tail = rsclp->tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL];
+	for (i = RCU_CBLIST_NSEGS - 1; i >= RCU_DONE_TAIL; i--)
+		if (rsclp->tails[i] == rsclp->tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL])
+			rsclp->tails[i] = &rsclp->head;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Extract only those callbacks still pending (not yet ready to be
+ * invoked) from the specified rcu_segcblist structure and place them in
+ * the specified rcu_cblist structure.  Note that this loses information
+ * about any callbacks that might have been partway done waiting for
+ * their grace period.  Too bad!  They will have to start over.
+ */
+static inline void
+rcu_segcblist_extract_pend_cbs(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp,
+			       struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (!rcu_segcblist_pend_cbs(rsclp))
+		return; /* Nothing to do. */
+	*rclp->tail = *rsclp->tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL];
+	rclp->tail = rsclp->tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL];
+	*rsclp->tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL] = NULL;
+	for (i = RCU_DONE_TAIL + 1; i < RCU_CBLIST_NSEGS; i++)
+		rsclp->tails[i] = rsclp->tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL];
+}
+
+/*
+ * Move the entire contents of the specified rcu_segcblist structure,
+ * counts, callbacks, and all, to the specified rcu_cblist structure.
+ * @@@ Why do we need this???  Moving early-boot CBs to NOCB lists?
+ * @@@ Memory barrier needed?  (Not if only used at boot time...)
+ */
+static inline void rcu_segcblist_extract_all(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp,
+					     struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	rcu_segcblist_extract_done_cbs(rsclp, rclp);
+	rcu_segcblist_extract_pend_cbs(rsclp, rclp);
+	rcu_segcblist_extract_count(rsclp, rclp);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Insert counts from the specified rcu_cblist structure in the
+ * specified rcu_segcblist structure.
+ */
+static inline void rcu_segcblist_insert_count(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp,
+					      struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	rsclp->len_lazy += rclp->len_lazy;
+	/* ->len sampled locklessly. */
+	WRITE_ONCE(rsclp->len, rsclp->len + rclp->len);
+	rclp->len_lazy = 0;
+	rclp->len = 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Move callbacks from the specified rcu_cblist to the beginning of the
+ * done-callbacks segment of the specified rcu_segcblist.
+ */
+static inline void rcu_segcblist_insert_done_cbs(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp,
+						 struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (!rclp->head)
+		return; /* No callbacks to move. */
+	*rclp->tail = rsclp->head;
+	rsclp->head = rclp->head;
+	for (i = RCU_DONE_TAIL; i < RCU_CBLIST_NSEGS; i++)
+		if (&rsclp->head == rsclp->tails[i])
+			rsclp->tails[i] = rclp->tail;
+		else
+			break;
+	rclp->head = NULL;
+	rclp->tail = &rclp->head;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Move callbacks from the specified rcu_cblist to the end of the
+ * new-callbacks segment of the specified rcu_segcblist.
+ */
+static inline void rcu_segcblist_insert_pend_cbs(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp,
+						 struct rcu_cblist *rclp)
+{
+	if (!rclp->head)
+		return; /* Nothing to do. */
+	*rsclp->tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL] = rclp->head;
+	rsclp->tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL] = rclp->tail;
+	rclp->head = NULL;
+	rclp->tail = &rclp->head;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Advance the callbacks in the specified rcu_segcblist structure based
+ * on the current value passed in for the grace-period counter.
+ */
+static inline void rcu_segcblist_advance(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp,
+					 unsigned long seq)
+{
+	int i, j;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(rsclp));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_segcblist_restempty(rsclp, RCU_DONE_TAIL));
+
+	/*
+	 * Find all callbacks whose ->gp_seq numbers indicate that they
+	 * are ready to invoke, and put them into the RCU_DONE_TAIL segment.
+	 */
+	for (i = RCU_WAIT_TAIL; i < RCU_NEXT_TAIL; i++) {
+		if (ULONG_CMP_LT(seq, rsclp->gp_seq[i]))
+			break;
+		rsclp->tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL] = rsclp->tails[i];
+	}
+
+	/* If no callbacks moved, nothing more need be done. */
+	if (i == RCU_WAIT_TAIL)
+		return;
+
+	/* Clean up tail pointers that might have been misordered above. */
+	for (j = RCU_WAIT_TAIL; j < i; j++)
+		rsclp->tails[j] = rsclp->tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL];
+
+	/*
+	 * Callbacks moved, so clean up the misordered ->tails[] pointers
+	 * that now point into the middle of the list of ready-to-invoke
+	 * callbacks.  The overall effect is to copy down the later pointers
+	 * into the gap that was created by the now-ready segments.
+	 */
+	for (j = RCU_WAIT_TAIL; i < RCU_NEXT_TAIL; i++, j++) {
+		if (rsclp->tails[j] == rsclp->tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL])
+			break;  /* No more callbacks. */
+		rsclp->tails[j] = rsclp->tails[i];
+		rsclp->gp_seq[j] = rsclp->gp_seq[i];
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * "Accelerate" callbacks based on more-accurate grace-period information.
+ * The reason for this is that RCU does not synchronize the beginnings and
+ * ends of grace periods, and that callbacks are posted locally.  This in
+ * turn means that the callbacks must be labelled conservatively early
+ * on, as getting exact information would degrade both performance and
+ * scalability.  When more accurate grace-period information becomes
+ * available, previously posted callbacks can be "accelerated", marking
+ * them to complete at the end of the earlier grace period.
+ *
+ * This function operates on an rcu_segcblist structure, and also the
+ * grace-period sequence number at which new callbacks would become
+ * ready to invoke.
+ */
+static inline bool rcu_segcblist_accelerate(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp,
+					    unsigned long seq)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(rsclp));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_segcblist_restempty(rsclp, RCU_DONE_TAIL));
+
+	/*
+	 * Find the segment preceding the oldest segment of callbacks
+	 * whose ->gp_seq[] completion is at or after that passed in via
+	 * "seq", skipping any empty segments.  This oldest segment, along
+	 * with any later segments, can be merged in with any newly arrived
+	 * callbacks in the RCU_NEXT_TAIL segment, and assigned "seq"
+	 * as their ->gp_seq[] grace-period completion sequence number.
+	 */
+	for (i = RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL; i > RCU_DONE_TAIL; i--)
+		if (rsclp->tails[i] != rsclp->tails[i - 1] &&
+		    ULONG_CMP_LT(rsclp->gp_seq[i], seq))
+			break;
+
+	/*
+	 * If all the segments contain callbacks that correspond to
+	 * earlier grace-period sequence numbers than "seq", leave.
+	 * Assuming that the rcu_segcblist structure has enough
+	 * segments in its arrays, this can only happen if some of
+	 * the non-done segments contain callbacks that really are
+	 * ready to invoke.  This situation will get straightened
+	 * out by the next call to rcu_segcblist_advance().
+	 *
+	 * Also advance to the oldest segment of callbacks whose
+	 * ->gp_seq[] completion is at or after that passed in via "seq",
+	 * skipping any empty segments.
+	 */
+	if (++i >= RCU_NEXT_TAIL)
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * Merge all later callbacks, including newly arrived callbacks,
+	 * into the segment located by the for-loop above.  Assign "seq"
+	 * as the ->gp_seq[] value in order to correctly handle the case
+	 * where there were no pending callbacks in the rcu_segcblist
+	 * structure other than in the RCU_NEXT_TAIL segment.
+	 */
+	for (; i < RCU_NEXT_TAIL; i++) {
+		rsclp->tails[i] = rsclp->tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL];
+		rsclp->gp_seq[i] = seq;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Scan the specified rcu_segcblist structure for callbacks that need
+ * a grace period later than the one specified by "seq".  We don't look
+ * at the RCU_DONE_TAIL or RCU_NEXT_TAIL segments because they don't
+ * have a grace-period sequence number.
+ */
+static inline bool rcu_segcblist_future_gp_needed(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp,
+						  unsigned long seq)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = RCU_WAIT_TAIL; i < RCU_NEXT_TAIL; i++)
+		if (rsclp->tails[i - 1] != rsclp->tails[i] &&
+		    ULONG_CMP_LT(seq, rsclp->gp_seq[i]))
+			return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Interim function to return rcu_segcblist head pointer.  Longer term, the
+ * rcu_segcblist will be used more pervasively, removing the need for this
+ * function.
+ */
+static inline struct rcu_head *rcu_segcblist_head(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	return rsclp->head;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Interim function to return rcu_segcblist head pointer.  Longer term, the
+ * rcu_segcblist will be used more pervasively, removing the need for this
+ * function.
+ */
+static inline struct rcu_head **rcu_segcblist_tail(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_segcblist_empty(rsclp));
+	return rsclp->tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL];
+}
+
+#endif /* __KERNEL_RCU_SEGCBLIST_H */