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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcupdate.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcupdate.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c index d00eded..f436993 100644 --- a/kernel/rcupdate.c +++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c @@ -444,15 +444,18 @@ static void wakeme_after_rcu(struct rcu_head *head) } /** - * synchronize_kernel - wait until a grace period has elapsed. + * synchronize_rcu - wait until a grace period has elapsed. * * 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. + * + * If your read-side code is not protected by rcu_read_lock(), do -not- + * use synchronize_rcu(). */ -void synchronize_kernel(void) +void synchronize_rcu(void) { struct rcu_synchronize rcu; @@ -464,7 +467,16 @@ void synchronize_kernel(void) wait_for_completion(&rcu.completion); } +/* + * Deprecated, use synchronize_rcu() or synchronize_sched() instead. + */ +void synchronize_kernel(void) +{ + synchronize_rcu(); +} + module_param(maxbatch, int, 0); -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu); -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu_bh); -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_kernel); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_rcu); /* WARNING: GPL-only in April 2006. */ +EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_rcu_bh); /* WARNING: GPL-only in April 2006. */ +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_rcu); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(synchronize_kernel); /* WARNING: GPL-only in April 2006. */ |
