linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 35/41] types: Remove call_rcu_bh() and call_rcu

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Date:   Sun, 11 Nov 2018 11:44:04 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 35/41] types: Remove call_rcu_bh() and call_rcu_sched()

Now that call_rcu()'s callback is not invoked until after bh-disable and
preempt-disable regions of code have completed (in addition to explicitly
marked RCU read-side critical sections), call_rcu() can be used in place
of call_rcu_bh() and call_rcu_sched().  This commit therefore removes
these two API members from the callback_head structure's header comment.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---
 include/linux/types.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 9834e90aa010..c2615d6a019e 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ struct ustat {
  * weird ABI and we need to ask it explicitly.
  *
  * The alignment is required to guarantee that bit 0 of @next will be
- * clear under normal conditions -- as long as we use call_rcu(),
- * call_rcu_bh(), call_rcu_sched(), or call_srcu() to queue callback.
+ * clear under normal conditions -- as long as we use call_rcu() or
+ * call_srcu() to queue the callback.
  *
  * This guarantee is important for few reasons:
  *  - future call_rcu_lazy() will make use of lower bits in the pointer;
-- 
2.17.1