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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/rculist.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/rculist.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rculist.h b/include/linux/rculist.h index d29740be4833..14dfa6008467 100644 --- a/include/linux/rculist.h +++ b/include/linux/rculist.h @@ -191,7 +191,10 @@ static inline void hlist_del_init_rcu(struct hlist_node *n) * @old : the element to be replaced * @new : the new element to insert * - * The @old entry will be replaced with the @new entry atomically. + * The @old entry will be replaced with the @new entry atomically from + * the perspective of concurrent readers. It is the caller's responsibility + * to synchronize with concurrent updaters, if any. + * * Note: @old should not be empty. */ static inline void list_replace_rcu(struct list_head *old, @@ -355,7 +358,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init_rcu(struct list_head *list, }) /** - * list_next_or_null_rcu - get the first element from a list + * list_next_or_null_rcu - get the next element from a list * @head: the head for the list. * @ptr: the list head to take the next element from. * @type: the type of the struct this is embedded in. @@ -519,7 +522,9 @@ static inline void hlist_del_rcu(struct hlist_node *n) * @old : the element to be replaced * @new : the new element to insert * - * The @old entry will be replaced with the @new entry atomically. + * The @old entry will be replaced with the @new entry atomically from + * the perspective of concurrent readers. It is the caller's responsibility + * to synchronize with concurrent updaters, if any. */ static inline void hlist_replace_rcu(struct hlist_node *old, struct hlist_node *new) |