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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2014-05-04 15:41:21 -0700
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2014-07-09 09:14:17 -0700
commitab74fdfd4e11ec040f21cf87edc14fc9f62cc934 (patch)
tree5a2cb3774acba6d682c3c1265d3915c3ccffb74f
parentrcu: Document deadlock-avoidance information for rcu_read_unlock() (diff)
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rcu: Handle obsolete references to TINY_PREEMPT_RCU
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/rcupdate.h17
-rw-r--r--init/Kconfig2
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index c56ad15204ec..d231aa17b1d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -826,15 +826,14 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void)
* read-side critical section that would block in a !PREEMPT kernel.
* But if you want the full story, read on!
*
- * In non-preemptible RCU implementations (TREE_RCU and TINY_RCU), it
- * is illegal to block while in an RCU read-side critical section. In
- * preemptible RCU implementations (TREE_PREEMPT_RCU and TINY_PREEMPT_RCU)
- * in CONFIG_PREEMPT kernel builds, RCU read-side critical sections may
- * be preempted, but explicit blocking is illegal. Finally, in preemptible
- * RCU implementations in real-time (with -rt patchset) kernel builds,
- * RCU read-side critical sections may be preempted and they may also
- * block, but only when acquiring spinlocks that are subject to priority
- * inheritance.
+ * In non-preemptible RCU implementations (TREE_RCU and TINY_RCU),
+ * it is illegal to block while in an RCU read-side critical section.
+ * In preemptible RCU implementations (TREE_PREEMPT_RCU) in CONFIG_PREEMPT
+ * kernel builds, RCU read-side critical sections may be preempted,
+ * but explicit blocking is illegal. Finally, in preemptible RCU
+ * implementations in real-time (with -rt patchset) kernel builds, RCU
+ * read-side critical sections may be preempted and they may also block, but
+ * only when acquiring spinlocks that are subject to priority inheritance.
*/
static inline void rcu_read_lock(void)
{
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 9d76b99af1b9..977b37806e95 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ config PREEMPT_RCU
def_bool TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
help
This option enables preemptible-RCU code that is common between
- the TREE_PREEMPT_RCU and TINY_PREEMPT_RCU implementations.
+ TREE_PREEMPT_RCU and, in the old days, TINY_PREEMPT_RCU.
config RCU_STALL_COMMON
def_bool ( TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU || RCU_TRACE )