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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-10-25 19:38:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-10-25 19:38:52 +0200 |
| commit | 7d7a48b76012eeee25871e1d69104dec4b6d740f (patch) | |
| tree | c27e3d8bb2e80ad93c7b4a5c850e1ffbc090bcd2 /Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl | |
| parent | e4072a9a9d186fe86293effe8828faa4be75b4a4 (diff) | |
| parent | 229aebb873e29726b91e076161649cf45154b0bf (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/urgent
Merge reason: We want to queue up a dependent fix.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl | 14 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl index a0d479d1e1dd..f66f4df18690 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl @@ -1645,7 +1645,9 @@ the amount of locking which needs to be done. all the readers who were traversing the list when we deleted the element are finished. We use <function>call_rcu()</function> to register a callback which will actually destroy the object once - the readers are finished. + all pre-existing readers are finished. Alternatively, + <function>synchronize_rcu()</function> may be used to block until + all pre-existing are finished. </para> <para> But how does Read Copy Update know when the readers are @@ -1714,7 +1716,7 @@ the amount of locking which needs to be done. - object_put(obj); + list_del_rcu(&obj->list); cache_num--; -+ call_rcu(&obj->rcu, cache_delete_rcu, obj); ++ call_rcu(&obj->rcu, cache_delete_rcu); } /* Must be holding cache_lock */ @@ -1725,14 +1727,6 @@ the amount of locking which needs to be done. if (++cache_num > MAX_CACHE_SIZE) { struct object *i, *outcast = NULL; list_for_each_entry(i, &cache, list) { -@@ -85,6 +94,7 @@ - obj->popularity = 0; - atomic_set(&obj->refcnt, 1); /* The cache holds a reference */ - spin_lock_init(&obj->lock); -+ INIT_RCU_HEAD(&obj->rcu); - - spin_lock_irqsave(&cache_lock, flags); - __cache_add(obj); @@ -104,12 +114,11 @@ struct object *cache_find(int id) { |