aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/include/linux/rcupdate.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAnton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@gmail.com>2008-10-18 20:28:24 +0400
committerAnton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@gmail.com>2008-10-18 20:28:24 +0400
commited8c3174dd227031d1f3b9fa4fbb512f8f623434 (patch)
treebac4953f8899d6600f4716c0bcde1e25e34c2591 /include/linux/rcupdate.h
parent8aef7e8f8de2d900da892085edbf14ea35fe6881 (diff)
parent0cfd81031a26717fe14380d18275f8e217571615 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/power/Makefile
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/rcupdate.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/rcupdate.h20
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index e8b4039cfb2..86f1f5e43e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -133,6 +133,26 @@ struct rcu_head {
#define rcu_read_unlock_bh() __rcu_read_unlock_bh()
/**
+ * rcu_read_lock_sched - mark the beginning of a RCU-classic critical section
+ *
+ * Should be used with either
+ * - synchronize_sched()
+ * or
+ * - call_rcu_sched() and rcu_barrier_sched()
+ * on the write-side to insure proper synchronization.
+ */
+#define rcu_read_lock_sched() preempt_disable()
+
+/*
+ * rcu_read_unlock_sched - marks the end of a RCU-classic critical section
+ *
+ * See rcu_read_lock_sched for more information.
+ */
+#define rcu_read_unlock_sched() preempt_enable()
+
+
+
+/**
* rcu_dereference - fetch an RCU-protected pointer in an
* RCU read-side critical section. This pointer may later
* be safely dereferenced.