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authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>2010-11-16 11:06:22 -0800
committerJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>2010-11-16 11:06:22 -0800
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Merge commit 'v2.6.37-rc2' into upstream/xenfs
* commit 'v2.6.37-rc2': (10093 commits) Linux 2.6.37-rc2 capabilities/syslog: open code cap_syslog logic to fix build failure i2c: Sanity checks on adapter registration i2c: Mark i2c_adapter.id as deprecated i2c: Drivers shouldn't include <linux/i2c-id.h> i2c: Delete unused adapter IDs i2c: Remove obsolete cleanup for clientdata include/linux/kernel.h: Move logging bits to include/linux/printk.h Fix gcc 4.5.1 miscompiling drivers/char/i8k.c (again) hwmon: (w83795) Check for BEEP pin availability hwmon: (w83795) Clear intrusion alarm immediately hwmon: (w83795) Read the intrusion state properly hwmon: (w83795) Print the actual temperature channels as sources hwmon: (w83795) List all usable temperature sources hwmon: (w83795) Expose fan control method hwmon: (w83795) Fix fan control mode attributes hwmon: (lm95241) Check validity of input values hwmon: Change mail address of Hans J. Koch PCI: sysfs: fix printk warnings GFS2: Fix inode deallocation race ...
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/srcu.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/srcu.h34
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h
index 4d5d2f546db..58971e891f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcu.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcu.h
@@ -108,19 +108,43 @@ static inline int srcu_read_lock_held(struct srcu_struct *sp)
#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC */
/**
- * srcu_dereference - fetch SRCU-protected pointer with checking
+ * srcu_dereference_check - fetch SRCU-protected pointer for later dereferencing
+ * @p: the pointer to fetch and protect for later dereferencing
+ * @sp: pointer to the srcu_struct, which is used to check that we
+ * really are in an SRCU read-side critical section.
+ * @c: condition to check for update-side use
*
- * Makes rcu_dereference_check() do the dirty work.
+ * If PROVE_RCU is enabled, invoking this outside of an RCU read-side
+ * critical section will result in an RCU-lockdep splat, unless @c evaluates
+ * to 1. The @c argument will normally be a logical expression containing
+ * lockdep_is_held() calls.
*/
-#define srcu_dereference(p, sp) \
- rcu_dereference_check(p, srcu_read_lock_held(sp))
+#define srcu_dereference_check(p, sp, c) \
+ __rcu_dereference_check((p), srcu_read_lock_held(sp) || (c), __rcu)
+
+/**
+ * srcu_dereference - fetch SRCU-protected pointer for later dereferencing
+ * @p: the pointer to fetch and protect for later dereferencing
+ * @sp: pointer to the srcu_struct, which is used to check that we
+ * really are in an SRCU read-side critical section.
+ *
+ * Makes rcu_dereference_check() do the dirty work. If PROVE_RCU
+ * is enabled, invoking this outside of an RCU read-side critical
+ * section will result in an RCU-lockdep splat.
+ */
+#define srcu_dereference(p, sp) srcu_dereference_check((p), (sp), 0)
/**
* srcu_read_lock - register a new reader for an SRCU-protected structure.
* @sp: srcu_struct in which to register the new reader.
*
* Enter an SRCU read-side critical section. Note that SRCU read-side
- * critical sections may be nested.
+ * critical sections may be nested. However, it is illegal to
+ * call anything that waits on an SRCU grace period for the same
+ * srcu_struct, whether directly or indirectly. Please note that
+ * one way to indirectly wait on an SRCU grace period is to acquire
+ * a mutex that is held elsewhere while calling synchronize_srcu() or
+ * synchronize_srcu_expedited().
*/
static inline int srcu_read_lock(struct srcu_struct *sp) __acquires(sp)
{