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rcu: Update docs to include kfree_rcu()

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Mention kfree_rcu() in the call_rcu() section.  Additionally fix the
example code for list replacement that used the wrong structure element.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Kees Cook 2012-10-19 09:48:30 -07:00 committed by Paul E. McKenney
parent 0f9574d832
commit 57d34a6cee
2 changed files with 12 additions and 3 deletions
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Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt
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@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ RCU ("read-copy update") its name. The RCU code is as follows:
audit_copy_rule(&ne->rule, &e->rule);
ne->rule.action = newaction;
ne->rule.file_count = newfield_count;
list_replace_rcu(e, ne);
list_replace_rcu(&e->list, &ne->list);
call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule);
return 0;
}

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Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
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@ -499,6 +499,8 @@ The foo_reclaim() function might appear as follows:
{
struct foo *fp = container_of(rp, struct foo, rcu);
foo_cleanup(fp->a);
kfree(fp);
}
@ -521,6 +523,12 @@ o Use call_rcu() -after- removing a data element from an
read-side critical sections that might be referencing that
data item.
If the callback for call_rcu() is not doing anything more than calling
kfree() on the structure, you can use kfree_rcu() instead of call_rcu()
to avoid having to write your own callback:
kfree_rcu(old_fp, rcu);
Again, see checklist.txt for additional rules governing the use of RCU.
@ -773,8 +781,8 @@ a single atomic update, converting to RCU will require special care.
Also, the presence of synchronize_rcu() means that the RCU version of
delete() can now block. If this is a problem, there is a callback-based
mechanism that never blocks, namely call_rcu(), that can be used in
place of synchronize_rcu().
mechanism that never blocks, namely call_rcu() or kfree_rcu(), that can
be used in place of synchronize_rcu().
7. FULL LIST OF RCU APIs
@ -813,6 +821,7 @@ RCU: Critical sections Grace period Barrier
rcu_read_unlock synchronize_rcu
rcu_dereference synchronize_rcu_expedited
call_rcu
kfree_rcu
bh: Critical sections Grace period Barrier