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author | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2012-04-08 21:48:52 +0200 |
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committer | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2012-04-08 21:48:52 +0200 |
commit | e75d660672ddd11704b7f0fdb8ff21968587b266 (patch) | |
tree | ccb9c107744c10b553c0373e450bee3971d16c00 /include/linux/rcutree.h | |
parent | 61282f37927143e45b03153f3e7b48d6b702147a (diff) | |
parent | 0034102808e0dbbf3a2394b82b1bb40b5778de9e (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' into for-next
Merge with latest Linus' tree, as I have incoming patches
that fix code that is newer than current HEAD of for-next.
Conflicts:
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/rcutree.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/rcutree.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rcutree.h b/include/linux/rcutree.h index 67458468f1a..e8ee5dd0854 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcutree.h +++ b/include/linux/rcutree.h @@ -61,6 +61,24 @@ extern void synchronize_rcu_bh(void); extern void synchronize_sched_expedited(void); extern void synchronize_rcu_expedited(void); +void kfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rcu)); + +/** + * synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited - Brute-force RCU-bh grace period + * + * Wait for an RCU-bh grace period to elapse, but use a "big hammer" + * approach to force the grace period to end quickly. This consumes + * significant time on all CPUs and is unfriendly to real-time workloads, + * so is thus not recommended for any sort of common-case code. In fact, + * if you are using synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited() in a loop, please + * restructure your code to batch your updates, and then use a single + * synchronize_rcu_bh() instead. + * + * Note that it is illegal to call this function while holding any lock + * that is acquired by a CPU-hotplug notifier. And yes, it is also illegal + * to call this function from a CPU-hotplug notifier. Failing to observe + * these restriction will result in deadlock. + */ static inline void synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited(void) { synchronize_sched_expedited(); @@ -83,6 +101,7 @@ extern void rcu_sched_force_quiescent_state(void); /* A context switch is a grace period for RCU-sched and RCU-bh. */ static inline int rcu_blocking_is_gp(void) { + might_sleep(); /* Check for RCU read-side critical section. */ return num_online_cpus() == 1; } |