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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.rst b/Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.rst index c9667eb0d444..f3e587acb4de 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.rst @@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ Follow these rules to keep your RCU code working properly: for an example where the compiler can in fact deduce the exact value of the pointer, and thus cause misordering. +- In the special case where data is added but is never removed + while readers are accessing the structure, READ_ONCE() may be used + instead of rcu_dereference(). In this case, use of READ_ONCE() + takes on the role of the lockless_dereference() primitive that + was removed in v4.15. + - You are only permitted to use rcu_dereference on pointer values. The compiler simply knows too much about integral values to trust it to carry dependencies through integer operations. |