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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>2005-05-01 08:59:04 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-05-01 08:59:04 -0700
commit9b06e818985d139fd9e82c28297f7744e1b484e1 (patch)
tree3cd2ba33b22fc2812f714f86ea52c68704f8e2c3 /include/linux
parent512345be2549308b8ae8e85a3ff7f6d56a38e5f6 (diff)
[PATCH] Deprecate synchronize_kernel, GPL replacement
The synchronize_kernel() primitive is used for quite a few different purposes: waiting for RCU readers, waiting for NMIs, waiting for interrupts, and so on. This makes RCU code harder to read, since synchronize_kernel() might or might not have matching rcu_read_lock()s. This patch creates a new synchronize_rcu() that is to be used for RCU readers and a new synchronize_sched() that is used for the rest. These two new primitives currently have the same implementation, but this is might well change with additional real-time support. Both new primitives are GPL-only, the old primitive is deprecated. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/rcupdate.h23
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 4d747433916..fd276adf0fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ static inline int rcu_pending(int cpu)
/**
* rcu_read_lock - mark the beginning of an RCU read-side critical section.
*
- * When synchronize_kernel() is invoked on one CPU while other CPUs
+ * When synchronize_rcu() is invoked on one CPU while other CPUs
* are within RCU read-side critical sections, then the
- * synchronize_kernel() is guaranteed to block until after all the other
+ * synchronize_rcu() is guaranteed to block until after all the other
* CPUs exit their critical sections. Similarly, if call_rcu() is invoked
* on one CPU while other CPUs are within RCU read-side critical
* sections, invocation of the corresponding RCU callback is deferred
@@ -256,6 +256,21 @@ static inline int rcu_pending(int cpu)
(p) = (v); \
})
+/**
+ * synchronize_sched - block until all CPUs have exited any non-preemptive
+ * kernel code sequences.
+ *
+ * This means that all preempt_disable code sequences, including NMI and
+ * hardware-interrupt handlers, in progress on entry will have completed
+ * before this primitive returns. However, this does not guarantee that
+ * softirq handlers will have completed, since in some kernels
+ *
+ * This primitive provides the guarantees made by the (deprecated)
+ * synchronize_kernel() API. In contrast, synchronize_rcu() only
+ * guarantees that rcu_read_lock() sections will have completed.
+ */
+#define synchronize_sched() synchronize_rcu()
+
extern void rcu_init(void);
extern void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user);
extern void rcu_restart_cpu(int cpu);
@@ -265,7 +280,9 @@ extern void FASTCALL(call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head,
void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head)));
extern void FASTCALL(call_rcu_bh(struct rcu_head *head,
void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head)));
-extern void synchronize_kernel(void);
+extern __deprecated_for_modules void synchronize_kernel(void);
+extern void synchronize_rcu(void);
+void synchronize_idle(void);
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* __LINUX_RCUPDATE_H */