[PATCH rcu 4/7] srcu: Point call_srcu() to call_rcu() for detailed memory ordering

Boqun Feng posted 7 patches 10 months ago
[PATCH rcu 4/7] srcu: Point call_srcu() to call_rcu() for detailed memory ordering
Posted by Boqun Feng 10 months ago
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>

This commit causes the call_srcu() kernel-doc header to reference that
of call_rcu() for detailed memory-ordering guarantees.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
index b83c74c4dcc0..f87a9fb6d6bb 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
@@ -1398,8 +1398,12 @@ static void __call_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct rcu_head *rhp,
  * read-side critical sections are delimited by srcu_read_lock() and
  * srcu_read_unlock(), and may be nested.
  *
- * The callback will be invoked from process context, but must nevertheless
- * be fast and must not block.
+ * The callback will be invoked from process context, but with bh
+ * disabled.  The callback function must therefore be fast and must
+ * not block.
+ *
+ * See the description of call_rcu() for more detailed information on
+ * memory ordering guarantees.
  */
 void call_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct rcu_head *rhp,
 	       rcu_callback_t func)
-- 
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)