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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>2005-06-25 14:55:38 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-06-25 16:24:38 -0700
commitb2b18660066997420b716c1881a6be8b82700d97 (patch)
tree7c6eb8e7b8163e3d332bd4a4efe2ae5b5cfabdd2 /include/asm-x86_64
parentae67cd643e9e64217fd92457324625c67fec6e35 (diff)
[PATCH] RCU: clean up a few remaining synchronize_kernel() calls
2.6.12-rc6-mm1 has a few remaining synchronize_kernel()s, some (but not all) in comments. This patch changes these synchronize_kernel() calls (and comments) to synchronize_rcu() or synchronize_sched() as follows: - arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c mce_read(): change to synchronize_sched() to handle races with machine-check exceptions (synchronize_rcu() would not cut it given RCU implementations intended for hardcore realtime use. - drivers/input/serio/i8042.c i8042_stop(): change to synchronize_sched() to handle races with i8042_interrupt() interrupt handler. Again, synchronize_rcu() would not cut it given RCU implementations intended for hardcore realtime use. - include/*/kdebug.h comments: change to synchronize_sched() to handle races with NMIs. As before, synchronize_rcu() would not cut it... - include/linux/list.h comment: change to synchronize_rcu(), since this comment is for list_del_rcu(). - security/keys/key.c unregister_key_type(): change to synchronize_rcu(), since this is interacting with RCU read side. - security/keys/process_keys.c install_session_keyring(): change to synchronize_rcu(), since this is interacting with RCU read side. Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-x86_64')
-rw-r--r--include/asm-x86_64/kdebug.h2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/kdebug.h b/include/asm-x86_64/kdebug.h
index 6277f75cbb4..b90341994d8 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/kdebug.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/kdebug.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ struct die_args {
};
/* Note - you should never unregister because that can race with NMIs.
- If you really want to do it first unregister - then synchronize_kernel - then free.
+ If you really want to do it first unregister - then synchronize_sched - then free.
*/
int register_die_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
extern struct notifier_block *die_chain;