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| author | Paul E. McKenney | 2008-05-12 21:21:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar | 2008-05-19 10:01:37 +0200 |
| commit | 32300751b4079cb5688453baa94711579d4285d5 (patch) | |
| tree | 05a8d7d163b4878e79332a59940e6baa4efb1318 /Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt | |
| parent | rcu: add call_rcu_sched() and friends to rcutorture (diff) | |
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sched: 1Q08 RCU doc update, add call_rcu_sched()
Long-delayed update to the RCU documentation, including adding the new
call_rcu_sched() and rcu_barrier_sched() APIs.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt index c64158ecde43..a6d32e65d222 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt @@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ Since NMI handlers disable preemption, synchronize_sched() is guaranteed not to return until all ongoing NMI handlers exit. It is therefore safe to free up the handler's data as soon as synchronize_sched() returns. +Important note: for this to work, the architecture in question must +invoke irq_enter() and irq_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively. + Answer to Quick Quiz |