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@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ o I hear that RCU is patented? What is with that? | |||
75 | search for the string "Patent" in RTFP.txt to find them. | 75 | search for the string "Patent" in RTFP.txt to find them. |
76 | Of these, one was allowed to lapse by the assignee, and the | 76 | Of these, one was allowed to lapse by the assignee, and the |
77 | others have been contributed to the Linux kernel under GPL. | 77 | others have been contributed to the Linux kernel under GPL. |
78 | There are now also LGPL implementations of user-level RCU | ||
79 | available (http://lttng.org/?q=node/18). | ||
78 | 80 | ||
79 | o I hear that RCU needs work in order to support realtime kernels? | 81 | o I hear that RCU needs work in order to support realtime kernels? |
80 | 82 | ||
@@ -91,48 +93,4 @@ o Where can I find more information on RCU? | |||
91 | 93 | ||
92 | o What are all these files in this directory? | 94 | o What are all these files in this directory? |
93 | 95 | ||
94 | 96 | See 00-INDEX for the list. | |
95 | NMI-RCU.txt | ||
96 | |||
97 | Describes how to use RCU to implement dynamic | ||
98 | NMI handlers, which can be revectored on the fly, | ||
99 | without rebooting. | ||
100 | |||
101 | RTFP.txt | ||
102 | |||
103 | List of RCU-related publications and web sites. | ||
104 | |||
105 | UP.txt | ||
106 | |||
107 | Discussion of RCU usage in UP kernels. | ||
108 | |||
109 | arrayRCU.txt | ||
110 | |||
111 | Describes how to use RCU to protect arrays, with | ||
112 | resizeable arrays whose elements reference other | ||
113 | data structures being of the most interest. | ||
114 | |||
115 | checklist.txt | ||
116 | |||
117 | Lists things to check for when inspecting code that | ||
118 | uses RCU. | ||
119 | |||
120 | listRCU.txt | ||
121 | |||
122 | Describes how to use RCU to protect linked lists. | ||
123 | This is the simplest and most common use of RCU | ||
124 | in the Linux kernel. | ||
125 | |||
126 | rcu.txt | ||
127 | |||
128 | You are reading it! | ||
129 | |||
130 | rcuref.txt | ||
131 | |||
132 | Describes how to combine use of reference counts | ||
133 | with RCU. | ||
134 | |||
135 | whatisRCU.txt | ||
136 | |||
137 | Overview of how the RCU implementation works. Along | ||
138 | the way, presents a conceptual view of RCU. | ||