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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>2006-02-03 06:04:38 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-02-03 11:32:09 -0500
commitbb3b9cf122eb097ed9fe8ae50e1b0dbba9bbe447 (patch)
tree4032cc19712ff78f532d2071f15a317e026da15b /include/linux/rcupdate.h
parent9d9c0531c91755a90b646b27bb722d59ee3eb46d (diff)
[PATCH] Fix comment to synchronize_sched()
Fix to broken comment to synchronize_rcu() noted by Keith Owens. Also add sentence noting that synchronize_sched() and synchronize_rcu() are not necessarily identical. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Cc: Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 981f9aa43353..b87aefa082e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -240,11 +240,14 @@ extern int rcu_pending(int cpu);
240 * This means that all preempt_disable code sequences, including NMI and 240 * This means that all preempt_disable code sequences, including NMI and
241 * hardware-interrupt handlers, in progress on entry will have completed 241 * hardware-interrupt handlers, in progress on entry will have completed
242 * before this primitive returns. However, this does not guarantee that 242 * before this primitive returns. However, this does not guarantee that
243 * softirq handlers will have completed, since in some kernels 243 * softirq handlers will have completed, since in some kernels, these
244 * handlers can run in process context, and can block.
244 * 245 *
245 * This primitive provides the guarantees made by the (deprecated) 246 * This primitive provides the guarantees made by the (deprecated)
246 * synchronize_kernel() API. In contrast, synchronize_rcu() only 247 * synchronize_kernel() API. In contrast, synchronize_rcu() only
247 * guarantees that rcu_read_lock() sections will have completed. 248 * guarantees that rcu_read_lock() sections will have completed.
249 * In "classic RCU", these two guarantees happen to be one and
250 * the same, but can differ in realtime RCU implementations.
248 */ 251 */
249#define synchronize_sched() synchronize_rcu() 252#define synchronize_sched() synchronize_rcu()
250 253