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| author | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2012-10-30 00:09:18 -0700 |
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| committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2012-10-30 00:09:18 -0700 |
| commit | 68fe0f0a6dcd2ac1ace5da3647a6d1cf0f4d2fea (patch) | |
| tree | 69d855c2e46d42ef8f23680cf3a1e6ff38de9ef4 /Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt | |
| parent | 88fd449e734a4264347e12b8ff74ccb33a9b9a35 (diff) | |
| parent | 8f0d8163b50e01f398b14bcd4dc039ac5ab18d64 (diff) | |
| download | linux-68fe0f0a6dcd2ac1ace5da3647a6d1cf0f4d2fea.tar.bz2 | |
Merge tag 'v3.7-rc3' into for-linus to sync up with recent USB changes
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt index fc103d7a0474..cdb20d41a44a 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt @@ -310,6 +310,12 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! code under the influence of preempt_disable(), you instead need to use synchronize_irq() or synchronize_sched(). + This same limitation also applies to synchronize_rcu_bh() + and synchronize_srcu(), as well as to the asynchronous and + expedited forms of the three primitives, namely call_rcu(), + call_rcu_bh(), call_srcu(), synchronize_rcu_expedited(), + synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited(), and synchronize_srcu_expedited(). + 12. Any lock acquired by an RCU callback must be acquired elsewhere with softirq disabled, e.g., via spin_lock_irqsave(), spin_lock_bh(), etc. Failing to disable irq on a given |