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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-12 10:39:30 (GMT)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-12 10:39:50 (GMT)
commit4c7145a1ec1bb789d5f07e47510e8bda546a7c4a (patch)
treee2767b77e5413473a3bba302237f4669a203f183 /include/linux/rcupdate.h
parent74e91604b2452c15bbe72d77b37cf47ed0310d13 (diff)
parentfd048088306656824958e7783ffcee27e241b361 (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-4c7145a1ec1bb789d5f07e47510e8bda546a7c4a.tar.xz
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/spinlocks
Done to prevent this failure of an Octopus merge: Added arch/arm/include/asm/byteorder.h in both, but differently. ERROR: Merge conflict in arch/arm/include/asm/byteorder.h Auto-merging include/asm-x86/spinlock.h ERROR: Merge conflict in include/asm-x86/spinlock.h fatal: merge program failed
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diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index e8b4039..86f1f5e 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.