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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcutree_plugin.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h index f9211548818..5ce3352505e 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h @@ -670,6 +670,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kfree_call_rcu); * 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. + * + * See the description of synchronize_sched() for more detailed information + * on memory ordering guarantees. */ void synchronize_rcu(void) { @@ -679,7 +682,10 @@ void synchronize_rcu(void) "Illegal synchronize_rcu() in RCU read-side critical section"); if (!rcu_scheduler_active) return; - wait_rcu_gp(call_rcu); + if (rcu_expedited) + synchronize_rcu_expedited(); + else + wait_rcu_gp(call_rcu); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_rcu); @@ -757,7 +763,8 @@ static void rcu_report_exp_rnp(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp, * grace period for the specified rcu_node structure. If there are no such * tasks, report it up the rcu_node hierarchy. * - * Caller must hold sync_rcu_preempt_exp_mutex and rsp->onofflock. + * Caller must hold sync_rcu_preempt_exp_mutex and must exclude + * CPU hotplug operations. */ static void sync_rcu_preempt_exp_init(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp) @@ -831,7 +838,7 @@ void synchronize_rcu_expedited(void) udelay(trycount * num_online_cpus()); } else { put_online_cpus(); - synchronize_rcu(); + wait_rcu_gp(call_rcu); return; } } @@ -875,6 +882,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_rcu_expedited); /** * rcu_barrier - Wait until all in-flight call_rcu() callbacks complete. + * + * Note that this primitive does not necessarily wait for an RCU grace period + * to complete. For example, if there are no RCU callbacks queued anywhere + * in the system, then rcu_barrier() is within its rights to return + * immediately, without waiting for anything, much less an RCU grace period. */ void rcu_barrier(void) { |