rcu: Remove now-unused ->b.exp_need_qs field from the rcu_special union
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:39:59 +0000 (07:39 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 23:02:36 +0000 (16:02 -0700)
commitfcc878e4dfb70128a73857c609d70570629b0d9e
tree6ab7a419797966d7c6f58a6f4562887b2eb09f45
parent27c744e32a9a4066daca0ee7496819bff78c1b37
rcu: Remove now-unused ->b.exp_need_qs field from the rcu_special union

The ->b.exp_need_qs field is now set only to false, so this commit
removes it.  The job this field used to do is now done by the rcu_data
structure's ->deferred_qs field, which is a consequence of a better
split between task-based (the rcu_node structure's ->exp_tasks field) and
CPU-based (the aforementioned rcu_data structure's ->deferred_qs field)
tracking of quiescent states for RCU-preempt expedited grace periods.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
include/linux/sched.h
kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h