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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 33 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h index 573fbe9640a0..116cf8339826 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h @@ -675,8 +675,37 @@ static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void) #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */ -/* - * Queue a preemptible-RCU callback for invocation after a grace period. +/** + * call_rcu() - Queue an RCU callback for invocation after a grace period. + * @head: structure to be used for queueing the RCU updates. + * @func: actual callback function to be invoked after the grace period + * + * The callback function will be invoked some time after a full grace + * period elapses, in other words after all pre-existing RCU read-side + * critical sections have completed. However, the callback function + * might well execute concurrently with RCU read-side critical sections + * that started after call_rcu() was invoked. RCU read-side critical + * sections are delimited by rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), + * and may be nested. + * + * Note that all CPUs must agree that the grace period extended beyond + * all pre-existing RCU read-side critical section. On systems with more + * than one CPU, this means that when "func()" is invoked, each CPU is + * guaranteed to have executed a full memory barrier since the end of its + * last RCU read-side critical section whose beginning preceded the call + * to call_rcu(). It also means that each CPU executing an RCU read-side + * critical section that continues beyond the start of "func()" must have + * executed a memory barrier after the call_rcu() but before the beginning + * of that RCU read-side critical section. Note that these guarantees + * include CPUs that are offline, idle, or executing in user mode, as + * well as CPUs that are executing in the kernel. + * + * Furthermore, if CPU A invoked call_rcu() and CPU B invoked the + * resulting RCU callback function "func()", then both CPU A and CPU B are + * guaranteed to execute a full memory barrier during the time interval + * between the call to call_rcu() and the invocation of "func()" -- even + * if CPU A and CPU B are the same CPU (but again only if the system has + * more than one CPU). */ void call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func) { |