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authorDavid Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>2008-10-13 17:13:56 +0100
committerDavid Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>2008-10-13 17:13:56 +0100
commite758936e02700ff88a0b08b722a3847b95283ef2 (patch)
tree50c919bef1b459a778b85159d5929de95b6c4a01 /include/linux/rcupdate.h
parent239cfbde1f5843c4a24199f117d5f67f637d72d5 (diff)
parent4480f15b3306f43bbb0310d461142b4e897ca45b (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts: include/asm-x86/statfs.h
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diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index e8b4039cfb2f..86f1f5e43e33 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -133,6 +133,26 @@ struct rcu_head {
#define rcu_read_unlock_bh() __rcu_read_unlock_bh()
/**
+ * rcu_read_lock_sched - mark the beginning of a RCU-classic critical section
+ *
+ * Should be used with either
+ * - synchronize_sched()
+ * or
+ * - call_rcu_sched() and rcu_barrier_sched()
+ * on the write-side to insure proper synchronization.
+ */
+#define rcu_read_lock_sched() preempt_disable()
+
+/*
+ * rcu_read_unlock_sched - marks the end of a RCU-classic critical section
+ *
+ * See rcu_read_lock_sched for more information.
+ */
+#define rcu_read_unlock_sched() preempt_enable()
+
+
+
+/**
* rcu_dereference - fetch an RCU-protected pointer in an
* RCU read-side critical section. This pointer may later
* be safely dereferenced.