#define list_entry_rcu(ptr, type, member) \
container_of(lockless_dereference(ptr), type, member)
-/**
+/*
* Where are list_empty_rcu() and list_first_entry_rcu()?
*
* Implementing those functions following their counterparts list_empty() and
* Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit
* both the smp_read_barrier_depends() and the READ_ONCE(). This
* is useful in cases where update-side locks prevent the value of the
- * pointer from changing. Please note that this primitive does -not-
+ * pointer from changing. Please note that this primitive does *not*
* prevent the compiler from repeating this reference or combining it
* with other references, so it should not be used without protection
* of appropriate locks.
* is handed off from RCU to some other synchronization mechanism, for
* example, reference counting or locking. In C11, it would map to
* kill_dependency(). It could be used as follows:
- *
+ * ``
* rcu_read_lock();
* p = rcu_dereference(gp);
* long_lived = is_long_lived(p);
* p = rcu_pointer_handoff(p);
* }
* rcu_read_unlock();
+ *``
*/
#define rcu_pointer_handoff(p) (p)
/**
* RCU_INIT_POINTER() - initialize an RCU protected pointer
+ * @p: The pointer to be initialized.
+ * @v: The value to initialized the pointer to.
*
* Initialize an RCU-protected pointer in special cases where readers
* do not need ordering constraints on the CPU or the compiler. These
* special cases are:
*
- * 1. This use of RCU_INIT_POINTER() is NULLing out the pointer -or-
+ * 1. This use of RCU_INIT_POINTER() is NULLing out the pointer *or*
* 2. The caller has taken whatever steps are required to prevent
- * RCU readers from concurrently accessing this pointer -or-
+ * RCU readers from concurrently accessing this pointer *or*
* 3. The referenced data structure has already been exposed to
- * readers either at compile time or via rcu_assign_pointer() -and-
- * a. You have not made -any- reader-visible changes to
- * this structure since then -or-
+ * readers either at compile time or via rcu_assign_pointer() *and*
+ *
+ * a. You have not made *any* reader-visible changes to
+ * this structure since then *or*
* b. It is OK for readers accessing this structure from its
* new location to see the old state of the structure. (For
* example, the changes were to statistical counters or to
* by a single external-to-structure RCU-protected pointer, then you may
* use RCU_INIT_POINTER() to initialize the internal RCU-protected
* pointers, but you must use rcu_assign_pointer() to initialize the
- * external-to-structure pointer -after- you have completely initialized
+ * external-to-structure pointer *after* you have completely initialized
* the reader-accessible portions of the linked structure.
*
* Note that unlike rcu_assign_pointer(), RCU_INIT_POINTER() provides no
/**
* RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER() - statically initialize an RCU protected pointer
+ * @p: The pointer to be initialized.
+ * @v: The value to initialized the pointer to.
*
* GCC-style initialization for an RCU-protected pointer in a structure field.
*/
/**
* srcu_read_lock_held - might we be in SRCU read-side critical section?
+ * @sp: The srcu_struct structure to check
*
* If CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC is selected, returns nonzero iff in an SRCU
* read-side critical section. In absence of CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC,
/**
* call_srcu() - Queue a callback for invocation after an SRCU grace period
* @sp: srcu_struct in queue the callback
- * @head: structure to be used for queueing the SRCU callback.
+ * @rhp: structure to be used for queueing the SRCU callback.
* @func: function to be invoked after the SRCU grace period
*
* The callback function will be invoked some time after a full SRCU
}
/**
+ * rcu_sync_enter_start - Force readers onto slow path for multiple updates
+ * @rsp: Pointer to rcu_sync structure to use for synchronization
+ *
* Must be called after rcu_sync_init() and before first use.
*
* Ensures rcu_sync_is_idle() returns false and rcu_sync_{enter,exit}()
/**
* rcu_sync_func() - Callback function managing reader access to fastpath
- * @rsp: Pointer to rcu_sync structure to use for synchronization
+ * @rhp: Pointer to rcu_head in rcu_sync structure to use for synchronization
*
* This function is passed to one of the call_rcu() functions by
* rcu_sync_exit(), so that it is invoked after a grace period following the
* rcu_sync_exit(). Otherwise, set all state back to idle so that readers
* can again use their fastpaths.
*/
-static void rcu_sync_func(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+static void rcu_sync_func(struct rcu_head *rhp)
{
- struct rcu_sync *rsp = container_of(rcu, struct rcu_sync, cb_head);
+ struct rcu_sync *rsp = container_of(rhp, struct rcu_sync, cb_head);
unsigned long flags;
BUG_ON(rsp->gp_state != GP_PASSED);
* read-side critical sections have completed. call_rcu_sched() assumes
* that the read-side critical sections end on enabling of preemption
* or on voluntary preemption.
- * RCU read-side critical sections are delimited by :
- * - rcu_read_lock_sched() and rcu_read_unlock_sched(), OR
- * - anything that disables preemption.
+ * RCU read-side critical sections are delimited by:
+ *
+ * - rcu_read_lock_sched() and rcu_read_unlock_sched(), OR
+ * - anything that disables preemption.
*
* These may be nested.
*
* handler. This means that read-side critical sections in process
* context must not be interrupted by softirqs. This interface is to be
* used when most of the read-side critical sections are in softirq context.
- * RCU read-side critical sections are delimited by :
- * - rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), if in interrupt context.
- * OR
- * - rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_unlock_bh(), if in process context.
- * These may be nested.
+ * RCU read-side critical sections are delimited by:
+ *
+ * - rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), if in interrupt context, OR
+ * - rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_unlock_bh(), if in process context.
+ *
+ * These may be nested.
*
* See the description of call_rcu() for more detailed information on
* memory ordering guarantees.