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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt index 5d7759071a3e..a2782df69732 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt @@ -83,16 +83,15 @@ Pseudo-code using rcu_barrier() is as follows: 2. Execute rcu_barrier(). 3. Allow the module to be unloaded. -There are also rcu_barrier_bh(), rcu_barrier_sched(), and srcu_barrier() -functions for the other flavors of RCU, and you of course must match -the flavor of rcu_barrier() with that of call_rcu(). If your module -uses multiple flavors of call_rcu(), then it must also use multiple +There is also an srcu_barrier() function for SRCU, and you of course +must match the flavor of rcu_barrier() with that of call_rcu(). If your +module uses multiple flavors of call_rcu(), then it must also use multiple flavors of rcu_barrier() when unloading that module. For example, if -it uses call_rcu_bh(), call_srcu() on srcu_struct_1, and call_srcu() on +it uses call_rcu(), call_srcu() on srcu_struct_1, and call_srcu() on srcu_struct_2(), then the following three lines of code will be required when unloading: - 1 rcu_barrier_bh(); + 1 rcu_barrier(); 2 srcu_barrier(&srcu_struct_1); 3 srcu_barrier(&srcu_struct_2); @@ -185,12 +184,12 @@ module invokes call_rcu() from timers, you will need to first cancel all the timers, and only then invoke rcu_barrier() to wait for any remaining RCU callbacks to complete. -Of course, if you module uses call_rcu_bh(), you will need to invoke -rcu_barrier_bh() before unloading. Similarly, if your module uses -call_rcu_sched(), you will need to invoke rcu_barrier_sched() before -unloading. If your module uses call_rcu(), call_rcu_bh(), -and- -call_rcu_sched(), then you will need to invoke each of rcu_barrier(), -rcu_barrier_bh(), and rcu_barrier_sched(). +Of course, if you module uses call_rcu(), you will need to invoke +rcu_barrier() before unloading. Similarly, if your module uses +call_srcu(), you will need to invoke srcu_barrier() before unloading, +and on the same srcu_struct structure. If your module uses call_rcu() +-and- call_srcu(), then you will need to invoke rcu_barrier() -and- +srcu_barrier(). Implementing rcu_barrier() @@ -223,8 +222,8 @@ shown below. Note that the final "1" in on_each_cpu()'s argument list ensures that all the calls to rcu_barrier_func() will have completed before on_each_cpu() returns. Line 9 then waits for the completion. -This code was rewritten in 2008 to support rcu_barrier_bh() and -rcu_barrier_sched() in addition to the original rcu_barrier(). +This code was rewritten in 2008 and several times thereafter, but this +still gives the general idea. The rcu_barrier_func() runs on each CPU, where it invokes call_rcu() to post an RCU callback, as follows: |