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-rw-r--r--kernel/rcutree_plugin.h15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index 2b281cf0b6f2..5ce3352505e9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -670,6 +670,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kfree_call_rcu);
* concurrently with new RCU read-side critical sections that began while
* synchronize_rcu() was waiting. RCU read-side critical sections are
* delimited by rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), and may be nested.
+ *
+ * See the description of synchronize_sched() for more detailed information
+ * on memory ordering guarantees.
*/
void synchronize_rcu(void)
{
@@ -679,7 +682,10 @@ void synchronize_rcu(void)
"Illegal synchronize_rcu() in RCU read-side critical section");
if (!rcu_scheduler_active)
return;
- wait_rcu_gp(call_rcu);
+ if (rcu_expedited)
+ synchronize_rcu_expedited();
+ else
+ wait_rcu_gp(call_rcu);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_rcu);
@@ -832,7 +838,7 @@ void synchronize_rcu_expedited(void)
udelay(trycount * num_online_cpus());
} else {
put_online_cpus();
- synchronize_rcu();
+ wait_rcu_gp(call_rcu);
return;
}
}
@@ -876,6 +882,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_rcu_expedited);
/**
* rcu_barrier - Wait until all in-flight call_rcu() callbacks complete.
+ *
+ * Note that this primitive does not necessarily wait for an RCU grace period
+ * to complete. For example, if there are no RCU callbacks queued anywhere
+ * in the system, then rcu_barrier() is within its rights to return
+ * immediately, without waiting for anything, much less an RCU grace period.
*/
void rcu_barrier(void)
{