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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 22 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt index 96170824a717..e41a7fecf0d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | |||
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ rcu_read_lock() | |||
136 | Used by a reader to inform the reclaimer that the reader is | 136 | Used by a reader to inform the reclaimer that the reader is |
137 | entering an RCU read-side critical section. It is illegal | 137 | entering an RCU read-side critical section. It is illegal |
138 | to block while in an RCU read-side critical section, though | 138 | to block while in an RCU read-side critical section, though |
139 | kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU can preempt RCU read-side | 139 | kernels built with CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU can preempt RCU |
140 | critical sections. Any RCU-protected data structure accessed | 140 | read-side critical sections. Any RCU-protected data structure |
141 | during an RCU read-side critical section is guaranteed to remain | 141 | accessed during an RCU read-side critical section is guaranteed to |
142 | unreclaimed for the full duration of that critical section. | 142 | remain unreclaimed for the full duration of that critical section. |
143 | Reference counts may be used in conjunction with RCU to maintain | 143 | Reference counts may be used in conjunction with RCU to maintain |
144 | longer-term references to data structures. | 144 | longer-term references to data structures. |
145 | 145 | ||
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ RCU pointer/list traversal: | |||
785 | rcu_dereference | 785 | rcu_dereference |
786 | list_for_each_entry_rcu | 786 | list_for_each_entry_rcu |
787 | hlist_for_each_entry_rcu | 787 | hlist_for_each_entry_rcu |
788 | hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu | ||
788 | 789 | ||
789 | list_for_each_continue_rcu (to be deprecated in favor of new | 790 | list_for_each_continue_rcu (to be deprecated in favor of new |
790 | list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu) | 791 | list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu) |
@@ -807,19 +808,23 @@ RCU: Critical sections Grace period Barrier | |||
807 | 808 | ||
808 | rcu_read_lock synchronize_net rcu_barrier | 809 | rcu_read_lock synchronize_net rcu_barrier |
809 | rcu_read_unlock synchronize_rcu | 810 | rcu_read_unlock synchronize_rcu |
811 | synchronize_rcu_expedited | ||
810 | call_rcu | 812 | call_rcu |
811 | 813 | ||
812 | 814 | ||
813 | bh: Critical sections Grace period Barrier | 815 | bh: Critical sections Grace period Barrier |
814 | 816 | ||
815 | rcu_read_lock_bh call_rcu_bh rcu_barrier_bh | 817 | rcu_read_lock_bh call_rcu_bh rcu_barrier_bh |
816 | rcu_read_unlock_bh | 818 | rcu_read_unlock_bh synchronize_rcu_bh |
819 | synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited | ||
817 | 820 | ||
818 | 821 | ||
819 | sched: Critical sections Grace period Barrier | 822 | sched: Critical sections Grace period Barrier |
820 | 823 | ||
821 | [preempt_disable] synchronize_sched rcu_barrier_sched | 824 | rcu_read_lock_sched synchronize_sched rcu_barrier_sched |
822 | [and friends] call_rcu_sched | 825 | rcu_read_unlock_sched call_rcu_sched |
826 | [preempt_disable] synchronize_sched_expedited | ||
827 | [and friends] | ||
823 | 828 | ||
824 | 829 | ||
825 | SRCU: Critical sections Grace period Barrier | 830 | SRCU: Critical sections Grace period Barrier |
@@ -827,6 +832,9 @@ SRCU: Critical sections Grace period Barrier | |||
827 | srcu_read_lock synchronize_srcu N/A | 832 | srcu_read_lock synchronize_srcu N/A |
828 | srcu_read_unlock | 833 | srcu_read_unlock |
829 | 834 | ||
835 | SRCU: Initialization/cleanup | ||
836 | init_srcu_struct | ||
837 | cleanup_srcu_struct | ||
830 | 838 | ||
831 | See the comment headers in the source code (or the docbook generated | 839 | See the comment headers in the source code (or the docbook generated |
832 | from them) for more information. | 840 | from them) for more information. |