| From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/28] rcu: Fix RCU's NMI documentation | Date | Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:29:49 -0700 |
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It has long been the case that the architecture must call nmi_enter() and nmi_exit() rather than irq_enter() and irq_exit() in order to permit RCU read-side critical sections in NMIs. Catch the documentation up with reality.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt index a8536cb..84e4f9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ not to return until all ongoing NMI handlers exit. It is therefore safe to free up the handler's data as soon as synchronize_sched() returns. Important note: for this to work, the architecture in question must -invoke irq_enter() and irq_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively. +invoke nmi_enter() and nmi_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively. Answer to Quick Quiz -- 1.7.3.2
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