Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:08:30 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] RCU read sched |
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* Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> wrote:
> (probably already in -tip) > > Add rcu_read_lock_sched() and rcu_read_unlock_sched() to rcupdate.h to match the > recently added write-side call_rcu_sched() and rcu_barrier_sched(). They also > match the no-so-recently-added synchronize_sched(). > > It will help following matching use of the update/read lock primitives. Those > new read lock will replace preempt_disable()/enable() used in pair with > RCU-classic synchronization. > > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> > Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> > CC: Paul E McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Paul, does this API extension look good to you?
i'll apply it to tip/core/rcu if yes.
Ingo
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