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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-06-10 10:22:35 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-06-10 10:22:35 -0700 |
| commit | 6b7ed4588ce681222534f901ce825d1ead31882a (patch) | |
| tree | e6b6d004d6f7cfbc8ab4c1f993a2c61ec6fc2702 /kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c | |
| parent | f701d860af381265639244fb84b07797fbb5efca (diff) | |
| parent | 8affb06737ae565722764c2b309eb0e892538344 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'rcu-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull RCU fixes from Ingo Molnar:
"Fix an SRCU bug affecting KVM IRQ injection"
* 'rcu-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
srcu: Allow use of Classic SRCU from both process and interrupt context
srcu: Allow use of Tiny/Tree SRCU from both process and interrupt context
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c index 36e1f82faed1..32798eb14853 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c @@ -97,8 +97,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cleanup_srcu_struct); /* * Counts the new reader in the appropriate per-CPU element of the - * srcu_struct. Must be called from process context. - * Returns an index that must be passed to the matching srcu_read_unlock(). + * srcu_struct. Can be invoked from irq/bh handlers, but the matching + * __srcu_read_unlock() must be in the same handler instance. Returns an + * index that must be passed to the matching srcu_read_unlock(). */ int __srcu_read_lock(struct srcu_struct *sp) { @@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__srcu_read_lock); /* * Removes the count for the old reader from the appropriate element of - * the srcu_struct. Must be called from process context. + * the srcu_struct. */ void __srcu_read_unlock(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx) { |