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author | Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de> | 2006-07-10 07:44:06 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-07-10 16:24:15 -0400 |
commit | 82a854ec4f46c5fbef11b06bb49078ecc5784a2d (patch) | |
tree | c0a04ec612047065d94d1372871eecdb6401d287 /Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | |
parent | 1454aed92b6b89cb1fbe3cbecd8ceaa7a122f3b7 (diff) |
[PATCH] RCU Documentation fix
Updater should use _rcu variant of list_del().
Signed-off-by: Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de>
Acked-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 'Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt index 4f41a60e5111..318df44259b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | |||
@@ -687,8 +687,9 @@ diff shows how closely related RCU and reader-writer locking can be. | |||
687 | + spin_lock(&listmutex); | 687 | + spin_lock(&listmutex); |
688 | list_for_each_entry(p, head, lp) { | 688 | list_for_each_entry(p, head, lp) { |
689 | if (p->key == key) { | 689 | if (p->key == key) { |
690 | list_del(&p->list); | 690 | - list_del(&p->list); |
691 | - write_unlock(&listmutex); | 691 | - write_unlock(&listmutex); |
692 | + list_del_rcu(&p->list); | ||
692 | + spin_unlock(&listmutex); | 693 | + spin_unlock(&listmutex); |
693 | + synchronize_rcu(); | 694 | + synchronize_rcu(); |
694 | kfree(p); | 695 | kfree(p); |
@@ -736,7 +737,7 @@ Or, for those who prefer a side-by-side listing: | |||
736 | 5 write_lock(&listmutex); 5 spin_lock(&listmutex); | 737 | 5 write_lock(&listmutex); 5 spin_lock(&listmutex); |
737 | 6 list_for_each_entry(p, head, lp) { 6 list_for_each_entry(p, head, lp) { | 738 | 6 list_for_each_entry(p, head, lp) { 6 list_for_each_entry(p, head, lp) { |
738 | 7 if (p->key == key) { 7 if (p->key == key) { | 739 | 7 if (p->key == key) { 7 if (p->key == key) { |
739 | 8 list_del(&p->list); 8 list_del(&p->list); | 740 | 8 list_del(&p->list); 8 list_del_rcu(&p->list); |
740 | 9 write_unlock(&listmutex); 9 spin_unlock(&listmutex); | 741 | 9 write_unlock(&listmutex); 9 spin_unlock(&listmutex); |
741 | 10 synchronize_rcu(); | 742 | 10 synchronize_rcu(); |
742 | 10 kfree(p); 11 kfree(p); | 743 | 10 kfree(p); 11 kfree(p); |