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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-13 10:52:30 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-13 10:52:30 +0200
commitc493756e2a8a78bcaae30668317890dcfe86e7c3 (patch)
tree8fb40782e79472ed882ff2098d4dd295557278ee /include/linux/rcupdate.h
parent0d15504f16f68725e4635aa85411015d1c573b0a (diff)
parent4480f15b3306f43bbb0310d461142b4e897ca45b (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into oprofile
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c include/linux/pci_ids.h
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diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index e8b4039cfb2..86f1f5e43e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -133,6 +133,26 @@ struct rcu_head {
#define rcu_read_unlock_bh() __rcu_read_unlock_bh()
/**
+ * rcu_read_lock_sched - mark the beginning of a RCU-classic critical section
+ *
+ * Should be used with either
+ * - synchronize_sched()
+ * or
+ * - call_rcu_sched() and rcu_barrier_sched()
+ * on the write-side to insure proper synchronization.
+ */
+#define rcu_read_lock_sched() preempt_disable()
+
+/*
+ * rcu_read_unlock_sched - marks the end of a RCU-classic critical section
+ *
+ * See rcu_read_lock_sched for more information.
+ */
+#define rcu_read_unlock_sched() preempt_enable()
+
+
+
+/**
* rcu_dereference - fetch an RCU-protected pointer in an
* RCU read-side critical section. This pointer may later
* be safely dereferenced.