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author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2022-08-05 00:23:26 +0200 |
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committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2022-08-31 14:08:08 +0200 |
commit | 8df13f01608ea48712956c0b1afce35bdba5a1c5 (patch) | |
tree | 1c314dfa1966d725a1dee5eee326bc69eba6444c /kernel/.gitignore | |
parent | rcu: Add full-sized polling for cond_sync_full() (diff) | |
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rcu: Add full-sized polling for cond_sync_exp_full()
The cond_synchronize_rcu_expedited() API compresses the combined expedited and
normal grace-period states into a single unsigned long, which conserves
storage, but can miss grace periods in certain cases involving overlapping
normal and expedited grace periods. Missing the occasional grace period
is usually not a problem, but there are use cases that care about each
and every grace period.
This commit therefore adds yet another member of the full-state RCU
grace-period polling API, which is the cond_synchronize_rcu_exp_full()
function. This uses up to three times the storage (rcu_gp_oldstate
structure instead of unsigned long), but is guaranteed not to miss
grace periods.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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