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| author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2012-10-20 15:33:37 -0400 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2012-11-13 17:08:21 -0500 |
| commit | bb08f76d8419a163b7a4212a0e4ea6bd25acacd1 (patch) | |
| tree | 5b7ab38527a87c08289f5c8de0f10038172624f1 /Documentation/RCU | |
| parent | 878d7439d0f45a95869e417576774673d1fa243f (diff) | |
rcu: Remove list_for_each_continue_rcu()
The list_for_each_continue_rcu() macro is no longer used, so this commit
removes it. The list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() macro should be
used instead.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/RCU')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 4 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt index cdb20d41a44a..31ef8fe07f82 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt | |||
| @@ -271,15 +271,14 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! | |||
| 271 | The same cautions apply to call_rcu_bh() and call_rcu_sched(). | 271 | The same cautions apply to call_rcu_bh() and call_rcu_sched(). |
| 272 | 272 | ||
| 273 | 9. All RCU list-traversal primitives, which include | 273 | 9. All RCU list-traversal primitives, which include |
| 274 | rcu_dereference(), list_for_each_entry_rcu(), | 274 | rcu_dereference(), list_for_each_entry_rcu(), and |
| 275 | list_for_each_continue_rcu(), and list_for_each_safe_rcu(), | 275 | list_for_each_safe_rcu(), must be either within an RCU read-side |
| 276 | must be either within an RCU read-side critical section or | 276 | critical section or must be protected by appropriate update-side |
| 277 | must be protected by appropriate update-side locks. RCU | 277 | locks. RCU read-side critical sections are delimited by |
| 278 | read-side critical sections are delimited by rcu_read_lock() | 278 | rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), or by similar primitives |
| 279 | and rcu_read_unlock(), or by similar primitives such as | 279 | such as rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_unlock_bh(), in which |
| 280 | rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_unlock_bh(), in which case | 280 | case the matching rcu_dereference() primitive must be used in |
| 281 | the matching rcu_dereference() primitive must be used in order | 281 | order to keep lockdep happy, in this case, rcu_dereference_bh(). |
| 282 | to keep lockdep happy, in this case, rcu_dereference_bh(). | ||
| 283 | 282 | ||
| 284 | The reason that it is permissible to use RCU list-traversal | 283 | The reason that it is permissible to use RCU list-traversal |
| 285 | primitives when the update-side lock is held is that doing so | 284 | primitives when the update-side lock is held is that doing so |
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt index bf0f6de2aa00..9d30de00d730 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | |||
| @@ -789,9 +789,7 @@ RCU list traversal: | |||
| 789 | list_for_each_entry_rcu | 789 | list_for_each_entry_rcu |
| 790 | hlist_for_each_entry_rcu | 790 | hlist_for_each_entry_rcu |
| 791 | hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu | 791 | hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu |
| 792 | 792 | list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu | |
| 793 | list_for_each_continue_rcu (to be deprecated in favor of new | ||
| 794 | list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu) | ||
| 795 | 793 | ||
| 796 | RCU pointer/list update: | 794 | RCU pointer/list update: |
| 797 | 795 | ||
