[PATCH] Deprecate synchronize_kernel, GPL replacement
The synchronize_kernel() primitive is used for quite a few different purposes:
waiting for RCU readers, waiting for NMIs, waiting for interrupts, and so on.
This makes RCU code harder to read, since synchronize_kernel() might or might
not have matching rcu_read_lock()s. This patch creates a new
synchronize_rcu() that is to be used for RCU readers and a new
synchronize_sched() that is used for the rest. These two new primitives
currently have the same implementation, but this is might well change with
additional real-time support. Both new primitives are GPL-only, the old
primitive is deprecated.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 4d74743..fd276ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@
/**
* rcu_read_lock - mark the beginning of an RCU read-side critical section.
*
- * When synchronize_kernel() is invoked on one CPU while other CPUs
+ * When synchronize_rcu() is invoked on one CPU while other CPUs
* are within RCU read-side critical sections, then the
- * synchronize_kernel() is guaranteed to block until after all the other
+ * synchronize_rcu() is guaranteed to block until after all the other
* CPUs exit their critical sections. Similarly, if call_rcu() is invoked
* on one CPU while other CPUs are within RCU read-side critical
* sections, invocation of the corresponding RCU callback is deferred
@@ -256,6 +256,21 @@
(p) = (v); \
})
+/**
+ * synchronize_sched - block until all CPUs have exited any non-preemptive
+ * kernel code sequences.
+ *
+ * This means that all preempt_disable code sequences, including NMI and
+ * hardware-interrupt handlers, in progress on entry will have completed
+ * before this primitive returns. However, this does not guarantee that
+ * softirq handlers will have completed, since in some kernels
+ *
+ * This primitive provides the guarantees made by the (deprecated)
+ * synchronize_kernel() API. In contrast, synchronize_rcu() only
+ * guarantees that rcu_read_lock() sections will have completed.
+ */
+#define synchronize_sched() synchronize_rcu()
+
extern void rcu_init(void);
extern void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user);
extern void rcu_restart_cpu(int cpu);
@@ -265,7 +280,9 @@
void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head)));
extern void FASTCALL(call_rcu_bh(struct rcu_head *head,
void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head)));
-extern void synchronize_kernel(void);
+extern __deprecated_for_modules void synchronize_kernel(void);
+extern void synchronize_rcu(void);
+void synchronize_idle(void);
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* __LINUX_RCUPDATE_H */