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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2010-04-13 14:12:17 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2010-04-13 14:12:17 +0200
commit7c7145f6acc68100dbdc5d3c5c64fe3af1c99c89 (patch)
tree5e93e3eb4787229032f1df222fa490112f4b0c32 /include/linux/radix-tree.h
parent92d6b71ab906be706f3679353b30a8d2c3831144 (diff)
parent0d0fb0f9c5fddef4a10242fe3337f00f528a3099 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into irq/core
Reason: Get the upstream IRQF_DISABLED related changes. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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diff --git a/include/linux/radix-tree.h b/include/linux/radix-tree.h
index c5da74918096..55ca73cf25e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/radix-tree.h
+++ b/include/linux/radix-tree.h
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ do { \
* (Note, rcu_assign_pointer and rcu_dereference are not needed to control
* access to data items when inserting into or looking up from the radix tree)
*
+ * Note that the value returned by radix_tree_tag_get() may not be relied upon
+ * if only the RCU read lock is held. Functions to set/clear tags and to
+ * delete nodes running concurrently with it may affect its result such that
+ * two consecutive reads in the same locked section may return different
+ * values. If reliability is required, modification functions must also be
+ * excluded from concurrency.
+ *
* radix_tree_tagged is able to be called without locking or RCU.
*/