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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c b/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c
index 9a0f66133b4b..2d2a6b6b9dfb 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c
@@ -475,8 +475,16 @@ bool rcu_segcblist_accelerate(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp, unsigned long seq)
* 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.
+ *
+ * Note that segment "i" (and any lower-numbered segments
+ * containing older callbacks) will be unaffected, and their
+ * grace-period numbers remain unchanged. For example, if i ==
+ * WAIT_TAIL, then neither WAIT_TAIL nor DONE_TAIL will be touched.
+ * Instead, the CBs in NEXT_TAIL will be merged with those in
+ * NEXT_READY_TAIL and the grace-period number of NEXT_READY_TAIL
+ * would be updated. NEXT_TAIL would then be empty.
*/
- if (++i >= RCU_NEXT_TAIL)
+ if (rcu_segcblist_restempty(rsclp, i) || ++i >= RCU_NEXT_TAIL)
return false;
/*