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authorPekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>2010-10-24 19:57:05 +0300
committerPekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>2010-10-24 19:57:05 +0300
commit6d4121f6c20a0e86231d52f535f1c82423b3326f (patch)
tree5c235cac699ca86b504850aa663ddadde0455a61 /kernel/rcupdate.c
parent92a5bbc11ff2442a54b2f1d313088c245828ef4e (diff)
parent35da7a307c535f9c2929cae277f3df425c9f9b1e (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into for-linus
Conflicts: include/linux/percpu.h mm/percpu.c
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcupdate.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcupdate.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index 4d169835fb3..a23a57a976d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -73,12 +73,14 @@ int debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled(void)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled);
/**
- * rcu_read_lock_bh_held - might we be in RCU-bh read-side critical section?
+ * rcu_read_lock_bh_held() - might we be in RCU-bh read-side critical section?
*
* Check for bottom half being disabled, which covers both the
* CONFIG_PROVE_RCU and not cases. Note that if someone uses
* rcu_read_lock_bh(), but then later enables BH, lockdep (if enabled)
- * will show the situation.
+ * will show the situation. This is useful for debug checks in functions
+ * that require that they be called within an RCU read-side critical
+ * section.
*
* Check debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() to prevent false positives during boot.
*/
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ int rcu_read_lock_bh_held(void)
{
if (!debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled())
return 1;
- return in_softirq();
+ return in_softirq() || irqs_disabled();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_read_lock_bh_held);