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rcu: improve kerneldoc for rcu_read_lock(), call_rcu(), and synchronize_rcu() 

Make it explicit that new RCU read-side critical sections that start
after call_rcu() and synchronize_rcu() start might still be running
after the end of the relevant grace period.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
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Paul E. McKenney 2010-07-08 17:38:59 -07:00
parent 742734eea0
commit 77d8485a8b
2 changed files with 14 additions and 10 deletions
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include/linux/rcupdate.h
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@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ extern int rcu_my_thread_group_empty(void);
* until after the all the other CPUs exit their critical sections.
*
* Note, however, that RCU callbacks are permitted to run concurrently
* with RCU read-side critical sections. One way that this can happen
* with new RCU read-side critical sections. One way that this can happen
* is via the following sequence of events: (1) CPU 0 enters an RCU
* read-side critical section, (2) CPU 1 invokes call_rcu() to register
* an RCU callback, (3) CPU 0 exits the RCU read-side critical section,
@ -608,11 +608,13 @@ extern void wakeme_after_rcu(struct rcu_head *head);
/**
* call_rcu() - Queue an RCU callback for invocation after a grace period.
* @head: structure to be used for queueing the RCU updates.
* @func: actual update function to be invoked after the grace period
* @func: actual callback function to be invoked after the grace period
*
* The update function will be invoked some time after a full grace
* period elapses, in other words after all currently executing RCU
* read-side critical sections have completed. RCU read-side critical
* 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.
*/
@ -622,9 +624,9 @@ extern void call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head,
/**
* call_rcu_bh() - Queue an RCU for invocation after a quicker grace period.
* @head: structure to be used for queueing the RCU updates.
* @func: actual update function to be invoked after the grace period
* @func: actual callback function to be invoked after the grace period
*
* The update function will be invoked some time after a full grace
* The callback function will be invoked some time after a full grace
* period elapses, in other words after all currently executing RCU
* read-side critical sections have completed. call_rcu_bh() assumes
* that the read-side critical sections end on completion of a softirq

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kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
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@ -546,9 +546,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu);
*
* Control will return to the caller some time after a full grace
* period has elapsed, in other words after all currently executing RCU
* read-side critical sections have completed. RCU read-side critical
* sections are delimited by rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(),
* and may be nested.
* read-side critical sections have completed. Note, however, that
* upon return from synchronize_rcu(), the caller might well be executing
* concurrently with new RCU read-side critical sections that began while
* synchronize_rcu() was waiting. RCU read-side critical sections are
* delimited by rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), and may be nested.
*/
void synchronize_rcu(void)
{