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| author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2022-08-04 22:46:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2022-08-31 14:08:08 +0200 |
| commit | b6fe4917ae4353b397079902cb024ae01f20dfb2 (patch) | |
| tree | ceacaaa87ca37baffd05550bb0090c6859878287 /kernel/.gitignore | |
| parent | rcu: Remove blank line from poll_state_synchronize_rcu() docbook header (diff) | |
| download | linux-b6fe4917ae4353b397079902cb024ae01f20dfb2.tar.xz linux-b6fe4917ae4353b397079902cb024ae01f20dfb2.zip | |
rcu: Add full-sized polling for cond_sync_full()
The cond_synchronize_rcu() 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_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.
[ paulmck: Apply feedback from kernel test robot and Julia Lawall. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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