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Paul E. McKenney 97562c0181 doc: RCU scheduler spinlock rcu_read_unlock() restriction remains

Given RCU flavor consolidation, when rcu_read_unlock() is invoked with
interrupts disabled, the reporting of the corresponding quiescent state is
deferred until interrupts are re-enabled.  There was therefore some hope
that this would allow dropping the restriction against holding scheduler
spinlocks across an rcu_read_unlock() without disabling interrupts across
the entire corresponding RCU read-side critical section.  Unfortunately,
the need to quickly provide a quiescent state to expedited grace periods
sometimes requires a call to raise_softirq() during rcu_read_unlock()
execution.  Because raise_softirq() can sometimes acquire the scheduler
spinlocks, the restriction must remain in effect.  This commit therefore
updates the RCU requirements documentation accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>

2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00

Design

doc: RCU scheduler spinlock rcu_read_unlock() restriction remains

2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00

arrayRCU.txt

documentation: RCU-protected array indexes no longer supported

2015-05-27 12:56:17 -07:00

checklist.txt

doc: rcu: Encourage use of rcu_barrier in checklist

2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00

listRCU.txt

rcu: Update docs to include kfree_rcu()