linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 4/7] rcu: Upgrade srcu_read

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Date:	Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:45:42 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca,
	josh@...htriplett.org, dvhltc@...ibm.com, niv@...ibm.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, dhowells@...hat.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 4/7] rcu: Upgrade srcu_read_lock() docbook about SRCU grace periods

It is illegal to wait for an SRCU grace period while within the
corresponding flavor of SRCU read-side critical section.  Therefore,
this commit updates the srcu_read_lock() docbook accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/srcu.h |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h
index 6f456a7..58971e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcu.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcu.h
@@ -139,7 +139,12 @@ static inline int srcu_read_lock_held(struct srcu_struct *sp)
  * @sp: srcu_struct in which to register the new reader.
  *
  * Enter an SRCU read-side critical section.  Note that SRCU read-side
- * critical sections may be nested.
+ * critical sections may be nested.  However, it is illegal to
+ * call anything that waits on an SRCU grace period for the same
+ * srcu_struct, whether directly or indirectly.  Please note that
+ * one way to indirectly wait on an SRCU grace period is to acquire
+ * a mutex that is held elsewhere while calling synchronize_srcu() or
+ * synchronize_srcu_expedited().
  */
 static inline int srcu_read_lock(struct srcu_struct *sp) __acquires(sp)
 {
-- 
1.7.0.6

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