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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/rcupdate.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcu/update.c | 55 |
2 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h index 473350462d04..640152fedcde 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h @@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ void synchronize_sched(void); * memory ordering guarantees. */ void call_rcu_tasks(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head)); +void synchronize_rcu_tasks(void); +void rcu_barrier_tasks(void); #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c index 19b3dacb0753..5fd1ddbfcc55 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/update.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c @@ -381,6 +381,61 @@ void call_rcu_tasks(struct rcu_head *rhp, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rhp)) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu_tasks); +/** + * synchronize_rcu_tasks - wait until an rcu-tasks grace period has elapsed. + * + * Control will return to the caller some time after a full rcu-tasks + * grace period has elapsed, in other words after all currently + * executing rcu-tasks read-side critical sections have elapsed. These + * read-side critical sections are delimited by calls to schedule(), + * cond_resched_rcu_qs(), idle execution, userspace execution, calls + * to synchronize_rcu_tasks(), and (in theory, anyway) cond_resched(). + * + * This is a very specialized primitive, intended only for a few uses in + * tracing and other situations requiring manipulation of function + * preambles and profiling hooks. The synchronize_rcu_tasks() function + * is not (yet) intended for heavy use from multiple CPUs. + * + * Note that this guarantee implies further memory-ordering guarantees. + * On systems with more than one CPU, when synchronize_rcu_tasks() returns, + * each CPU is guaranteed to have executed a full memory barrier since the + * end of its last RCU-tasks read-side critical section whose beginning + * preceded the call to synchronize_rcu_tasks(). In addition, each CPU + * having an RCU-tasks read-side critical section that extends beyond + * the return from synchronize_rcu_tasks() is guaranteed to have executed + * a full memory barrier after the beginning of synchronize_rcu_tasks() + * and before the beginning of that RCU-tasks read-side critical section. + * Note that these guarantees include CPUs that are offline, idle, or + * executing in user mode, as well as CPUs that are executing in the kernel. + * + * Furthermore, if CPU A invoked synchronize_rcu_tasks(), which returned + * to its caller on CPU B, then both CPU A and CPU B are guaranteed + * to have executed a full memory barrier during the execution of + * synchronize_rcu_tasks() -- even if CPU A and CPU B are the same CPU + * (but again only if the system has more than one CPU). + */ +void synchronize_rcu_tasks(void) +{ + /* Complain if the scheduler has not started. */ + rcu_lockdep_assert(!rcu_scheduler_active, + "synchronize_rcu_tasks called too soon"); + + /* Wait for the grace period. */ + wait_rcu_gp(call_rcu_tasks); +} + +/** + * rcu_barrier_tasks - Wait for in-flight call_rcu_tasks() callbacks. + * + * Although the current implementation is guaranteed to wait, it is not + * obligated to, for example, if there are no pending callbacks. + */ +void rcu_barrier_tasks(void) +{ + /* There is only one callback queue, so this is easy. ;-) */ + synchronize_rcu_tasks(); +} + /* See if the current task has stopped holding out, remove from list if so. */ static void check_holdout_task(struct task_struct *t) { |