2 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index cce25591eec2..a471f3bb713e 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct rcu_data {
         struct rcu_head *donelist;
         struct rcu_head **donetail;
         int cpu;
+        struct rcu_head barrier;
 };
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_data, rcu_data);
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ extern void FASTCALL(call_rcu_bh(struct rcu_head *head,
 extern __deprecated_for_modules void synchronize_kernel(void);
 extern void synchronize_rcu(void);
 void synchronize_idle(void);
+extern void rcu_barrier(void);
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* __LINUX_RCUPDATE_H */
diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index c4d159a21e04..f45b91723dc6 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ void fastcall call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head,
         local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
+static atomic_t rcu_barrier_cpu_count;
+static struct semaphore rcu_barrier_sema;
+static struct completion rcu_barrier_completion;
+
 /**
  * call_rcu_bh - Queue an RCU for invocation after a quicker grace period.
  * @head: structure to be used for queueing the RCU updates.
@@ -162,6 +166,42 @@ long rcu_batches_completed(void)
         return rcu_ctrlblk.completed;
 }
 
+static void rcu_barrier_callback(struct rcu_head *notused)
+{
+        if (atomic_dec_and_test(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count))
+                complete(&rcu_barrier_completion);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Called with preemption disabled, and from cross-cpu IRQ context.
+ */
+static void rcu_barrier_func(void *notused)
+{
+        int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+        struct rcu_data *rdp = &per_cpu(rcu_data, cpu);
+        struct rcu_head *head;
+
+        head = &rdp->barrier;
+        atomic_inc(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count);
+        call_rcu(head, rcu_barrier_callback);
+}
+
+/**
+ * rcu_barrier - Wait until all the in-flight RCUs are complete.
+ */
+void rcu_barrier(void)
+{
+        BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
+        /* Take cpucontrol semaphore to protect against CPU hotplug */
+        down(&rcu_barrier_sema);
+        init_completion(&rcu_barrier_completion);
+        atomic_set(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count, 0);
+        on_each_cpu(rcu_barrier_func, NULL, 0, 1);
+        wait_for_completion(&rcu_barrier_completion);
+        up(&rcu_barrier_sema);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_barrier);
+
 /*
  * Invoke the completed RCU callbacks. They are expected to be in
  * a per-cpu list.
@@ -457,6 +497,7 @@ static struct notifier_block __devinitdata rcu_nb = {
  */
 void __init rcu_init(void)
 {
+        sema_init(&rcu_barrier_sema, 1);
         rcu_cpu_notify(&rcu_nb, CPU_UP_PREPARE,
                         (void *)(long)smp_processor_id());
         /* Register notifier for non-boot CPUs */