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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-11 13:20:18 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-11 13:20:18 -0700
commiteee2775d9924b22643bd89b2e568cc5eed7e8a04 (patch)
tree095ad7851895c5d39596f3ff7ee1e078235a2501 /Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
parent53e16fbd30005905168d9b75555fdc7e0a2eac58 (diff)
parent7db905e636f08ea5bc9825c1f73d77802e8ccad5 (diff)
Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (28 commits) rcu: Move end of special early-boot RCU operation earlier rcu: Changes from reviews: avoid casts, fix/add warnings, improve comments rcu: Create rcutree plugins to handle hotplug CPU for multi-level trees rcu: Remove lockdep annotations from RCU's _notrace() API members rcu: Add #ifdef to suppress __rcu_offline_cpu() warning in !HOTPLUG_CPU builds rcu: Add CPU-offline processing for single-node configurations rcu: Add "notrace" to RCU function headers used by ftrace rcu: Remove CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU rcu: Merge preemptable-RCU functionality into hierarchical RCU rcu: Simplify rcu_pending()/rcu_check_callbacks() API rcu: Use debugfs_remove_recursive() simplify code. rcu: Merge per-RCU-flavor initialization into pre-existing macro rcu: Fix online/offline indication for rcudata.csv trace file rcu: Consolidate sparse and lockdep declarations in include/linux/rcupdate.h rcu: Renamings to increase RCU clarity rcu: Move private definitions from include/linux/rcutree.h to kernel/rcutree.h rcu: Expunge lingering references to CONFIG_CLASSIC_RCU, optimize on !SMP rcu: Delay rcu_barrier() wait until beginning of next CPU-hotunplug operation. rcu: Fix typo in rcu_irq_exit() comment header rcu: Make rcupreempt_trace.c look at offline CPUs ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index 96170824a71..e41a7fecf0d 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ rcu_read_lock()
Used by a reader to inform the reclaimer that the reader is
entering an RCU read-side critical section. It is illegal
to block while in an RCU read-side critical section, though
- kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU can preempt RCU read-side
- critical sections. Any RCU-protected data structure accessed
- during an RCU read-side critical section is guaranteed to remain
- unreclaimed for the full duration of that critical section.
+ kernels built with CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU can preempt RCU
+ read-side critical sections. Any RCU-protected data structure
+ accessed during an RCU read-side critical section is guaranteed to
+ remain unreclaimed for the full duration of that critical section.
Reference counts may be used in conjunction with RCU to maintain
longer-term references to data structures.
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ RCU pointer/list traversal:
rcu_dereference
list_for_each_entry_rcu
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu
+ hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu
list_for_each_continue_rcu (to be deprecated in favor of new
list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu)
@@ -807,19 +808,23 @@ RCU: Critical sections Grace period Barrier
rcu_read_lock synchronize_net rcu_barrier
rcu_read_unlock synchronize_rcu
+ synchronize_rcu_expedited
call_rcu
bh: Critical sections Grace period Barrier
rcu_read_lock_bh call_rcu_bh rcu_barrier_bh
- rcu_read_unlock_bh
+ rcu_read_unlock_bh synchronize_rcu_bh
+ synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited
sched: Critical sections Grace period Barrier
- [preempt_disable] synchronize_sched rcu_barrier_sched
- [and friends] call_rcu_sched
+ rcu_read_lock_sched synchronize_sched rcu_barrier_sched
+ rcu_read_unlock_sched call_rcu_sched
+ [preempt_disable] synchronize_sched_expedited
+ [and friends]
SRCU: Critical sections Grace period Barrier
@@ -827,6 +832,9 @@ SRCU: Critical sections Grace period Barrier
srcu_read_lock synchronize_srcu N/A
srcu_read_unlock
+SRCU: Initialization/cleanup
+ init_srcu_struct
+ cleanup_srcu_struct
See the comment headers in the source code (or the docbook generated
from them) for more information.