linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 47/88] rcu: Flag need for rcu_node_tree.h and rcu

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Date:   Thu, 25 May 2017 14:59:20 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.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, bobby.prani@...il.com,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 47/88] rcu: Flag need for rcu_node_tree.h and rcu_segcblist.h visibility

The rcu_node_tree.h and rcu_segcblist.h header files in the include/linux
directory might appear at first sight to be internal to the RCU
implementation.  However, the definitions in these files are needed to
determine the size of TREE SRCU's srcu_struct structure, so they must
be externally visible, which is why they live in include/linux.

This commit adds comments to this effect to those files.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/rcu_node_tree.h | 4 ++++
 include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/rcu_node_tree.h b/include/linux/rcu_node_tree.h
index 4b766b61e1a0..426cee67f0e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcu_node_tree.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcu_node_tree.h
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
  * unlimited scalability while maintaining a constant level of contention
  * on the root node.
  *
+ * This seemingly RCU-private file must be available to SRCU users
+ * because the size of the TREE SRCU srcu_struct structure depends
+ * on these definitions.
+ *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
diff --git a/include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h b/include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h
index ba4d2621d9ca..c3ad00e63556 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 /*
  * RCU segmented callback lists
  *
+ * This seemingly RCU-private file must be available to SRCU users
+ * because the size of the TREE SRCU srcu_struct structure depends
+ * on these definitions.
+ *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-- 
2.5.2