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64 Of these, one was allowed to lapse by the assignee, and the 64 Of these, one was allowed to lapse by the assignee, and the
65 others have been contributed to the Linux kernel under GPL. 65 others have been contributed to the Linux kernel under GPL.
66 66
67o I hear that RCU needs work in order to support realtime kernels?
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69 Yes, work in progress.
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67o Where can I find more information on RCU? 71o Where can I find more information on RCU?
68 72
69 See the RTFP.txt file in this directory. 73 See the RTFP.txt file in this directory.
74 Or point your browser at http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/RCU/.
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76o What are all these files in this directory?
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78
79 NMI-RCU.txt
80
81 Describes how to use RCU to implement dynamic
82 NMI handlers, which can be revectored on the fly,
83 without rebooting.
84
85 RTFP.txt
86
87 List of RCU-related publications and web sites.
88
89 UP.txt
90
91 Discussion of RCU usage in UP kernels.
92
93 arrayRCU.txt
94
95 Describes how to use RCU to protect arrays, with
96 resizeable arrays whose elements reference other
97 data structures being of the most interest.
98
99 checklist.txt
100
101 Lists things to check for when inspecting code that
102 uses RCU.
103
104 listRCU.txt
105
106 Describes how to use RCU to protect linked lists.
107 This is the simplest and most common use of RCU
108 in the Linux kernel.
109
110 rcu.txt
111
112 You are reading it!
113
114 whatisRCU.txt
115
116 Overview of how the RCU implementation works. Along
117 the way, presents a conceptual view of RCU.