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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2012-04-13 09:50:21 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2012-04-13 09:50:21 +0200
commit659c36fcda403013a01b85da07cf2d9711e6d6c7 (patch)
treeece2e7d0e2c19ea5a3d0ec172ad0b81a8a19021d /kernel/srcu.c
parent9521d830b6341d1887dcfc2aebde23fbfa5f1473 (diff)
parent5a7ed29c7572d00a75e8c4529e30c5ac2ef82271 (diff)
Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core
Fixes and improvements for perf/core: . Overhaul the tools/ makefiles, gluing them to the top level Makefile, from Borislav Petkov. . Move the UI files from tools/perf/util/ui/ to tools/perf/ui/. Also move the GTK+ browser to tools/perf/ui/gtk/, from Namhyung Kim. . Only fallback to sw cycles counter on ENOENT for the hw cycles, from Robert Richter . Trivial fixes from Robert Richter . Handle the autogenerated bison/flex files better, from Namhyung and Jiri Olsa. . Navigate jump instructions in the annotate browser, just press enter or ->, still needs support for a jump navigation history, i.e. to go back. . Search string in the annotate browser: same keys as vim: / forward n next backward/forward ? backward . Clarify number of events/samples in the report header, from Ashay Rane Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/srcu.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/srcu.c33
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/srcu.c b/kernel/srcu.c
index 0febf61e1aa..ba35f3a4a1f 100644
--- a/kernel/srcu.c
+++ b/kernel/srcu.c
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@ static void __synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp, void (*sync_func)(void))
{
int idx;
+ rcu_lockdep_assert(!lock_is_held(&sp->dep_map) &&
+ !lock_is_held(&rcu_bh_lock_map) &&
+ !lock_is_held(&rcu_lock_map) &&
+ !lock_is_held(&rcu_sched_lock_map),
+ "Illegal synchronize_srcu() in same-type SRCU (or RCU) read-side critical section");
+
idx = sp->completed;
mutex_lock(&sp->mutex);
@@ -280,19 +286,26 @@ void synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_srcu);
/**
- * synchronize_srcu_expedited - like synchronize_srcu, but less patient
+ * synchronize_srcu_expedited - Brute-force SRCU grace period
* @sp: srcu_struct with which to synchronize.
*
- * Flip the completed counter, and wait for the old count to drain to zero.
- * As with classic RCU, the updater must use some separate means of
- * synchronizing concurrent updates. Can block; must be called from
- * process context.
+ * Wait for an SRCU 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_srcu_expedited() in a loop, please
+ * restructure your code to batch your updates, and then use a single
+ * synchronize_srcu() instead.
*
- * Note that it is illegal to call synchronize_srcu_expedited()
- * from the corresponding SRCU read-side critical section; doing so
- * will result in deadlock. However, it is perfectly legal to call
- * synchronize_srcu_expedited() on one srcu_struct from some other
- * srcu_struct's read-side critical section.
+ * 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. It is also illegal to call
+ * synchronize_srcu_expedited() from the corresponding SRCU read-side
+ * critical section; doing so will result in deadlock. However, it is
+ * perfectly legal to call synchronize_srcu_expedited() on one srcu_struct
+ * from some other srcu_struct's read-side critical section, as long as
+ * the resulting graph of srcu_structs is acyclic.
*/
void synchronize_srcu_expedited(struct srcu_struct *sp)
{