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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2010-05-09 01:59:58 +0400
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2010-05-09 01:59:58 +0400
commitd7be0ce6afb1df60bc786f57410407ceae92b994 (patch)
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Merge commit 'v2.6.34-rc6' into x86/cpu
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diff --git a/include/linux/radix-tree.h b/include/linux/radix-tree.h
index c5da74918096..55ca73cf25e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/radix-tree.h
+++ b/include/linux/radix-tree.h
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ do { \
* (Note, rcu_assign_pointer and rcu_dereference are not needed to control
* access to data items when inserting into or looking up from the radix tree)
*
+ * Note that the value returned by radix_tree_tag_get() may not be relied upon
+ * if only the RCU read lock is held. Functions to set/clear tags and to
+ * delete nodes running concurrently with it may affect its result such that
+ * two consecutive reads in the same locked section may return different
+ * values. If reliability is required, modification functions must also be
+ * excluded from concurrency.
+ *
* radix_tree_tagged is able to be called without locking or RCU.
*/