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author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2011-06-07 20:05:34 -0400 |
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committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2011-09-29 00:36:44 -0400 |
commit | b15a2e7d16cc6f6082d8c6a85349e48588763ffc (patch) | |
tree | 8296c3bf8599d166e141592d70aa7e41c79fdf60 /Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt | |
parent | bdf2a4364904d6cf2f59b16b0bd86fdc5a2c6152 (diff) |
rcu: Fix RCU's NMI documentation
It has long been the case that the architecture must call nmi_enter()
and nmi_exit() rather than irq_enter() and irq_exit() in order to
permit RCU read-side critical sections in NMIs. Catch the documentation
up with reality.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt index bf82851a0e57..687777f83b23 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt | |||
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ not to return until all ongoing NMI handlers exit. It is therefore safe | |||
95 | to free up the handler's data as soon as synchronize_sched() returns. | 95 | to free up the handler's data as soon as synchronize_sched() returns. |
96 | 96 | ||
97 | Important note: for this to work, the architecture in question must | 97 | Important note: for this to work, the architecture in question must |
98 | invoke irq_enter() and irq_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively. | 98 | invoke nmi_enter() and nmi_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively. |
99 | 99 | ||
100 | 100 | ||
101 | Answer to Quick Quiz | 101 | Answer to Quick Quiz |