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| author | Paul E. McKenney | 2013-03-05 02:55:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney | 2013-03-12 22:09:02 +0100 |
| commit | 3f944adb9d1ca912902783e7aede2a5b5c19a605 (patch) | |
| tree | 2ab5039926992d2497f7ba626f2e10c3666ca351 /Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt | |
| parent | rcu: Make bugginess of code sample more evident (diff) | |
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rcu: Documentation update
This commit applies a few updates based on a quick review of the RCU
documentations.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt b/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt index a102d4b3724b..cd83d2348fef 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt @@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ checking of rcu_dereference() primitives: but retain the compiler constraints that prevent duplicating or coalescsing. This is useful when when testing the value of the pointer itself, for example, against NULL. + rcu_access_index(idx): + Return the value of the index and omit all barriers, but + retain the compiler constraints that prevent duplicating + or coalescsing. This is useful when when testing the + value of the index itself, for example, against -1. The rcu_dereference_check() check expression can be any boolean expression, but would normally include a lockdep expression. However, |