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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt index 18f9651ff23d..8151f0195f76 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Using hlist_nulls to protect read-mostly linked lists and -objects using SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU allocations. +objects using SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU allocations. Please read the basics in Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Using special makers (called 'nulls') is a convenient way to solve following problem : A typical RCU linked list managing objects which are -allocated with SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU kmem_cache can +allocated with SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU kmem_cache can use following algos : 1) Lookup algo @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ unlock_chain(); // typically a spin_unlock() 3) Remove algo -------------- Nothing special here, we can use a standard RCU hlist deletion. -But thanks to SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU, beware a deleted object can be reused +But thanks to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, beware a deleted object can be reused very very fast (before the end of RCU grace period) if (put_last_reference_on(obj) { |