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Message-ID: <20100115172335.GC30678@Krystal>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:23:35 -0500
From: Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@...stal.dyndns.org>
To: Jon Bernard <jbernard@...ian.org>, Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Pedro Alves <pedro@...esourcery.com>,
ltt-dev@...ts.casi.polymtl.ca,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
pierre-marc.fournier@...ymtl.ca
Subject: Userspace RCU API (minor changes)
Hi,
I'd like to proceed to a minor API change in the next userspace RCU
release: moving from SIGURCU to SIGRCU for the signal name. This is part
of an effort to standardize the library prefix to "rcu_". I plan to
add support for backward compatibility, so when we see that SIGURCU is
defined, then we use that value.
Also, I am planning to rename the urcu_init() constructor to rcu_init().
It should only affect the libust tracer, which need to call it
explicitly. Normal users don't have to bother with it, as it's a library
constructor.
Also, the urcu/config.h options are renamed to:
CONFIG_RCU_HAVE_FENCE
CONFIG_RCU_HAVE_FUTEX
CONFIG_RCU_SMP
CONFIG_RCU_COMPAT_ARCH
(moving from URCU -> RCU)
So an updated system installation will keep everything in sync.
I also plan to shuffle the library names a bit, but without breaking
anything. Basically, liburcu will become the "default" version, using
sys_membarrier() when available, and using liburcu-mb as a fallback.
The signal-based liburcu will be renamed from liburcu to liburcu-signal.
People previously using the signal-based "liburcu" will automatically be
moved to the "default" liburcu version.
You might want to have a look at the current git tree head to see if
everything is fine before the release. Given that I change the API
slightly, this will definitely be a 0.4.0.
Feedback is welcome,
Thanks,
Mathieu
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