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| author | Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com> | 2009-09-23 03:49:27 +0400 |
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| committer | Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com> | 2009-09-23 03:49:27 +0400 |
| commit | f056878332a91ed984a116bad4e7d49aefff9e6e (patch) | |
| tree | 572f4757c8e7811d45e0be0c2ae529c78fb63441 /Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt | |
| parent | 3961f7c3cf247eee5df7fabadc7a40f2deeb98f3 (diff) | |
| parent | 7fa07729e439a6184bd824746d06a49cca553f15 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/power/wm97xx_battery.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt index 909602d409bb..e439a0edee22 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt @@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ 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(). + Implementing rcu_barrier() |