Update call_rcu() usage, add synchronize_rcu()
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Wed, 19 May 2010 17:46:55 +0000 (10:46 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:18:03 +0000 (17:18 -0700)
Reported-by: Kyle Hubert <khubert@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl

index e6cc574..ed64d22 100644 (file)
@@ -1645,7 +1645,9 @@ the amount of locking which needs to be done.
       all the readers who were traversing the list when we deleted the
       element are finished.  We use <function>call_rcu()</function> to
       register a callback which will actually destroy the object once
-      the readers are finished.
+      all pre-existing readers are finished.  Alternatively,
+      <function>synchronize_rcu()</function> may be used to block until
+      all pre-existing are finished.
     </para>
     <para>
       But how does Read Copy Update know when the readers are
@@ -1714,7 +1716,7 @@ the amount of locking which needs to be done.
 -        object_put(obj);
 +        list_del_rcu(&amp;obj-&gt;list);
          cache_num--;
-+        call_rcu(&amp;obj-&gt;rcu, cache_delete_rcu, obj);
++        call_rcu(&amp;obj-&gt;rcu, cache_delete_rcu);
  }
 
  /* Must be holding cache_lock */