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authorLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2008-10-23 07:57:26 +0400
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2008-10-23 08:11:07 +0400
commit057316cc6a5b521b332a1d7ccc871cd60c904c74 (patch)
tree4333e608da237c73ff69b10878025cca96dcb4c8 /include/linux/rcupdate.h
parent3e2dab9a1c2deb03c311eb3f83466009147ed4d3 (diff)
parent2515ddc6db8eb49a79f0fe5e67ff09ac7c81eab4 (diff)
downloadlinux-057316cc6a5b521b332a1d7ccc871cd60c904c74.tar.xz
Merge branch 'linus' into test
Conflicts: MAINTAINERS arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c drivers/acpi/Kconfig drivers/pnp/Makefile drivers/pnp/quirks.c Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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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.