linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/13] powerpc: Add rcu_read_lock() to gup

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Message-ID: <1271460307.13059.216.camel@pasglop>
Date:	Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:25:07 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] powerpc: Add rcu_read_lock() to gup_fast()
 implementation

On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 06:43 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> So I believe that in this case call_rcu_sched() is your friend.  ;-)

Looks like it :-)

I'll cook up a patch changing my current call_rcu() to call_rcu_sched().

Cheers,
Ben.


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