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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-10-11 23:39:35 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-10-11 23:39:35 +0400
commit56c5d900dbb8e042bfad035d18433476931d8f93 (patch)
tree00b793965beeef10db03e0ff021d2d965c410759 /include/linux/rcupdate.h
parent4dd95b63ae25c5cad6986829b5e8788e9faa0330 (diff)
parentead9d23d803ea3a73766c3cb27bf7563ac8d7266 (diff)
downloadlinux-56c5d900dbb8e042bfad035d18433476931d8f93.tar.xz
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts: sound/core/memalloc.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.