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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/rculist.h | 17 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt index cdb20d41a44a..31ef8fe07f82 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt @@ -271,15 +271,14 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! The same cautions apply to call_rcu_bh() and call_rcu_sched(). 9. All RCU list-traversal primitives, which include - rcu_dereference(), list_for_each_entry_rcu(), - list_for_each_continue_rcu(), and list_for_each_safe_rcu(), - must be either within an RCU read-side critical section or - must be protected by appropriate update-side locks. RCU - read-side critical sections are delimited by rcu_read_lock() - and rcu_read_unlock(), or by similar primitives such as - rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_unlock_bh(), in which case - the matching rcu_dereference() primitive must be used in order - to keep lockdep happy, in this case, rcu_dereference_bh(). + rcu_dereference(), list_for_each_entry_rcu(), and + list_for_each_safe_rcu(), must be either within an RCU read-side + critical section or must be protected by appropriate update-side + locks. RCU read-side critical sections are delimited by + rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), or by similar primitives + such as rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_unlock_bh(), in which + case the matching rcu_dereference() primitive must be used in + order to keep lockdep happy, in this case, rcu_dereference_bh(). The reason that it is permissible to use RCU list-traversal primitives when the update-side lock is held is that doing so diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt index bf0f6de2aa00..9d30de00d730 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt @@ -789,9 +789,7 @@ RCU list traversal: list_for_each_entry_rcu hlist_for_each_entry_rcu hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu - - list_for_each_continue_rcu (to be deprecated in favor of new - list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu) + list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu RCU pointer/list update: diff --git a/include/linux/rculist.h b/include/linux/rculist.h index e0f0fab20415..c92dd28eaa6c 100644 --- a/include/linux/rculist.h +++ b/include/linux/rculist.h @@ -286,23 +286,6 @@ static inline void list_splice_init_rcu(struct list_head *list, &pos->member != (head); \ pos = list_entry_rcu(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member)) - -/** - * list_for_each_continue_rcu - * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor. - * @head: the head for your list. - * - * Iterate over an rcu-protected list, continuing after current point. - * - * This list-traversal primitive may safely run concurrently with - * the _rcu list-mutation primitives such as list_add_rcu() - * as long as the traversal is guarded by rcu_read_lock(). - */ -#define list_for_each_continue_rcu(pos, head) \ - for ((pos) = rcu_dereference_raw(list_next_rcu(pos)); \ - (pos) != (head); \ - (pos) = rcu_dereference_raw(list_next_rcu(pos))) - /** * list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu - continue iteration over list of given type * @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor. |