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authorArjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>2008-10-17 09:20:26 -0700
committerArjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>2008-10-17 09:20:26 -0700
commit651dab4264e4ba0e563f5ff56f748127246e9065 (patch)
tree016630974bdcb00fe529b673f96d389e0fd6dc94 /include/linux/rcupdate.h
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parent2e532d68a2b3e2aa6b19731501222069735c741c (diff)
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Merge commit 'linus/master' into merge-linus
Conflicts: arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
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diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index e8b4039cfb2f..86f1f5e43e33 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.