srcu: Provide internal interface to start a Tree SRCU grace period

There is a need for a polling interface for SRCU grace periods.
This polling needs to initiate an SRCU grace period without having
to queue (and manage) a callback. This commit therefore splits the
Tree SRCU __call_srcu() function into callback-initialization and
queuing/start-grace-period portions, with the latter in a new function
named srcu_gp_start_if_needed(). This function may be passed a NULL
callback pointer, in which case it will refrain from queuing anything.

Why have the new function mess with queuing? Locking considerations,
of course!

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rcu/[e-mail]/
Reported-by: Kent Overstreet <[e-mail]>
Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[e-mail]>

kernel/rcu/srcutree.c

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 }
 
 /*
+ * Start an SRCU grace period, and also queue the callback if non-NULL.
+ */
+static void srcu_gp_start_if_needed(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct rcu_head *rhp, bool do_norm)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int idx;
+	bool needexp = false;
+	bool needgp = false;
+	unsigned long s;
+	struct srcu_data *sdp;
+
+	idx = srcu_read_lock(ssp);
+	sdp = raw_cpu_ptr(ssp->sda);
+	spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(sdp, flags);
+	rcu_segcblist_enqueue(&sdp->srcu_cblist, rhp);
+	rcu_segcblist_advance(&sdp->srcu_cblist,
+			      rcu_seq_current(&ssp->srcu_gp_seq));
+	s = rcu_seq_snap(&ssp->srcu_gp_seq);
+	(void)rcu_segcblist_accelerate(&sdp->srcu_cblist, s);
+	if (ULONG_CMP_LT(sdp->srcu_gp_seq_needed, s)) {
+		sdp->srcu_gp_seq_needed = s;
+		needgp = true;
+	}
+	if (!do_norm && ULONG_CMP_LT(sdp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp, s)) {
+		sdp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp = s;
+		needexp = true;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(sdp, flags);
+	if (needgp)
+		srcu_funnel_gp_start(ssp, sdp, s, do_norm);
+	else if (needexp)
+		srcu_funnel_exp_start(ssp, sdp->mynode, s);
+	srcu_read_unlock(ssp, idx);
+}
+
+/*
  * Enqueue an SRCU callback on the srcu_data structure associated with
  * the current CPU and the specified srcu_struct structure, initiating
  * grace-period processing if it is not already running.
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 static void __call_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct rcu_head *rhp,
 			rcu_callback_t func, bool do_norm)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int idx;
-	bool needexp = false;
-	bool needgp = false;
-	unsigned long s;
-	struct srcu_data *sdp;
-
 	check_init_srcu_struct(ssp);
 	if (debug_rcu_head_queue(rhp)) {
 		/* Probable double call_srcu(), so leak the callback. */
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 		return;
 	}
 	rhp->func = func;
-	idx = srcu_read_lock(ssp);
-	sdp = raw_cpu_ptr(ssp->sda);
-	spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(sdp, flags);
-	rcu_segcblist_enqueue(&sdp->srcu_cblist, rhp);
-	rcu_segcblist_advance(&sdp->srcu_cblist,
-			      rcu_seq_current(&ssp->srcu_gp_seq));
-	s = rcu_seq_snap(&ssp->srcu_gp_seq);
-	(void)rcu_segcblist_accelerate(&sdp->srcu_cblist, s);
-	if (ULONG_CMP_LT(sdp->srcu_gp_seq_needed, s)) {
-		sdp->srcu_gp_seq_needed = s;
-		needgp = true;
-	}
-	if (!do_norm && ULONG_CMP_LT(sdp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp, s)) {
-		sdp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp = s;
-		needexp = true;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(sdp, flags);
-	if (needgp)
-		srcu_funnel_gp_start(ssp, sdp, s, do_norm);
-	else if (needexp)
-		srcu_funnel_exp_start(ssp, sdp->mynode, s);
-	srcu_read_unlock(ssp, idx);
+	srcu_gp_start_if_needed(ssp, rhp, do_norm);
 }
 
 /**