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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-12 11:32:17 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-12 11:32:17 +0200
commit206855c321adee56db3946ca09a5887cddb9d598 (patch)
tree13a2729d4d0e37170552bd9ad3c6bba71ba0c55c /include/linux/rcupdate.h
parente8d3f455de4f42d4bab2f6f1aeb2cf3bd18eb508 (diff)
parentcb58ffc3889f0545628f138f849e759a331b8ddc (diff)
Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into core/signal
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/rcupdate.h')
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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.