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authorBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2008-10-14 20:31:54 -0400
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2008-10-14 20:31:54 -0400
commit6dc6472581f693b5fc95aebedf67b4960fb85cf0 (patch)
tree06a5a9a08519950575505273eabced331ed51405 /include/linux/rcupdate.h
parentee673eaa72d8d185012b1027a05e25aba18c267f (diff)
parent8acd3a60bcca17c6d89c73cee3ad6057eb83ba1e (diff)
Merge commit 'origin'
Manual fixup of conflicts on: arch/powerpc/include/asm/dcr-regs.h drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.h
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/rcupdate.h')
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diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index e8b4039cfb2f..86f1f5e43e33 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -133,6 +133,26 @@ struct rcu_head {
133#define rcu_read_unlock_bh() __rcu_read_unlock_bh() 133#define rcu_read_unlock_bh() __rcu_read_unlock_bh()
134 134
135/** 135/**
136 * rcu_read_lock_sched - mark the beginning of a RCU-classic critical section
137 *
138 * Should be used with either
139 * - synchronize_sched()
140 * or
141 * - call_rcu_sched() and rcu_barrier_sched()
142 * on the write-side to insure proper synchronization.
143 */
144#define rcu_read_lock_sched() preempt_disable()
145
146/*
147 * rcu_read_unlock_sched - marks the end of a RCU-classic critical section
148 *
149 * See rcu_read_lock_sched for more information.
150 */
151#define rcu_read_unlock_sched() preempt_enable()
152
153
154
155/**
136 * rcu_dereference - fetch an RCU-protected pointer in an 156 * rcu_dereference - fetch an RCU-protected pointer in an
137 * RCU read-side critical section. This pointer may later 157 * RCU read-side critical section. This pointer may later
138 * be safely dereferenced. 158 * be safely dereferenced.