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authorDavid Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com>2008-10-20 16:07:19 +0100
committerDavid Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com>2008-10-20 16:07:19 +0100
commit61e0e79ee3c609eb34edf2fe023708cba6a79b1f (patch)
tree663deacffd4071120dc9badb70428fe5f124c7b9 /include/linux/rcupdate.h
parentc15895ef30c2c03e99802951787183039a349d32 (diff)
parent0cfd81031a26717fe14380d18275f8e217571615 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into for-upstream
Conflicts: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb drivers/Makefile
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diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index e8b4039cfb2..86f1f5e43e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -133,6 +133,26 @@ struct rcu_head {
#define rcu_read_unlock_bh() __rcu_read_unlock_bh()
/**
+ * rcu_read_lock_sched - mark the beginning of a RCU-classic critical section
+ *
+ * Should be used with either
+ * - synchronize_sched()
+ * or
+ * - call_rcu_sched() and rcu_barrier_sched()
+ * on the write-side to insure proper synchronization.
+ */
+#define rcu_read_lock_sched() preempt_disable()
+
+/*
+ * rcu_read_unlock_sched - marks the end of a RCU-classic critical section
+ *
+ * See rcu_read_lock_sched for more information.
+ */
+#define rcu_read_unlock_sched() preempt_enable()
+
+
+
+/**
* rcu_dereference - fetch an RCU-protected pointer in an
* RCU read-side critical section. This pointer may later
* be safely dereferenced.