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@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ to start learning about RCU: | |||
4 | 1. What is RCU, Fundamentally? http://lwn.net/Articles/262464/ | 4 | 1. What is RCU, Fundamentally? http://lwn.net/Articles/262464/ |
5 | 2. What is RCU? Part 2: Usage http://lwn.net/Articles/263130/ | 5 | 2. What is RCU? Part 2: Usage http://lwn.net/Articles/263130/ |
6 | 3. RCU part 3: the RCU API http://lwn.net/Articles/264090/ | 6 | 3. RCU part 3: the RCU API http://lwn.net/Articles/264090/ |
7 | 4. The RCU API, 2010 Edition http://lwn.net/Articles/418853/ | ||
7 | 8 | ||
8 | 9 | ||
9 | What is RCU? | 10 | What is RCU? |
@@ -834,6 +835,8 @@ SRCU: Critical sections Grace period Barrier | |||
834 | 835 | ||
835 | srcu_read_lock synchronize_srcu N/A | 836 | srcu_read_lock synchronize_srcu N/A |
836 | srcu_read_unlock synchronize_srcu_expedited | 837 | srcu_read_unlock synchronize_srcu_expedited |
838 | srcu_read_lock_raw | ||
839 | srcu_read_unlock_raw | ||
837 | srcu_dereference | 840 | srcu_dereference |
838 | 841 | ||
839 | SRCU: Initialization/cleanup | 842 | SRCU: Initialization/cleanup |
@@ -855,27 +858,33 @@ list can be helpful: | |||
855 | 858 | ||
856 | a. Will readers need to block? If so, you need SRCU. | 859 | a. Will readers need to block? If so, you need SRCU. |
857 | 860 | ||
858 | b. What about the -rt patchset? If readers would need to block | 861 | b. Is it necessary to start a read-side critical section in a |
862 | hardirq handler or exception handler, and then to complete | ||
863 | this read-side critical section in the task that was | ||
864 | interrupted? If so, you need SRCU's srcu_read_lock_raw() and | ||
865 | srcu_read_unlock_raw() primitives. | ||
866 | |||
867 | c. What about the -rt patchset? If readers would need to block | ||
859 | in an non-rt kernel, you need SRCU. If readers would block | 868 | in an non-rt kernel, you need SRCU. If readers would block |
860 | in a -rt kernel, but not in a non-rt kernel, SRCU is not | 869 | in a -rt kernel, but not in a non-rt kernel, SRCU is not |
861 | necessary. | 870 | necessary. |
862 | 871 | ||
863 | c. Do you need to treat NMI handlers, hardirq handlers, | 872 | d. Do you need to treat NMI handlers, hardirq handlers, |
864 | and code segments with preemption disabled (whether | 873 | and code segments with preemption disabled (whether |
865 | via preempt_disable(), local_irq_save(), local_bh_disable(), | 874 | via preempt_disable(), local_irq_save(), local_bh_disable(), |
866 | or some other mechanism) as if they were explicit RCU readers? | 875 | or some other mechanism) as if they were explicit RCU readers? |
867 | If so, you need RCU-sched. | 876 | If so, you need RCU-sched. |
868 | 877 | ||
869 | d. Do you need RCU grace periods to complete even in the face | 878 | e. Do you need RCU grace periods to complete even in the face |
870 | of softirq monopolization of one or more of the CPUs? For | 879 | of softirq monopolization of one or more of the CPUs? For |
871 | example, is your code subject to network-based denial-of-service | 880 | example, is your code subject to network-based denial-of-service |
872 | attacks? If so, you need RCU-bh. | 881 | attacks? If so, you need RCU-bh. |
873 | 882 | ||
874 | e. Is your workload too update-intensive for normal use of | 883 | f. Is your workload too update-intensive for normal use of |
875 | RCU, but inappropriate for other synchronization mechanisms? | 884 | RCU, but inappropriate for other synchronization mechanisms? |
876 | If so, consider SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU. But please be careful! | 885 | If so, consider SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU. But please be careful! |
877 | 886 | ||
878 | f. Otherwise, use RCU. | 887 | g. Otherwise, use RCU. |
879 | 888 | ||
880 | Of course, this all assumes that you have determined that RCU is in fact | 889 | Of course, this all assumes that you have determined that RCU is in fact |
881 | the right tool for your job. | 890 | the right tool for your job. |