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| author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2016-03-31 11:00:08 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2016-03-31 13:33:23 -0700 |
| commit | 0c7d10e4b998b2f751cebf98435f1ec2dd312c87 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b488381e266ee5eac0ddc62fd4b805913c4196f /kernel/rcu | |
| parent | 5413e24c943da33306047fc091fa34fa4f261b3b (diff) | |
| download | linux-0c7d10e4b998b2f751cebf98435f1ec2dd312c87.tar.bz2 | |
documentation: Emphasize the call_rcu() is illegal from idle
Although call_rcu()'s fastpath works just fine on an idle CPU,
some branches of the slowpath invoke the scheduler, which uses
RCU. Therefore, this commit emphasizes the fact that call_rcu()
must not be invoked from an idle CPU.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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