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Subject[PATCH tip/core/rcu 11/13] rcu: Document unique-name limitation for DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU()
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SRCU uses per-CPU variables, and DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU() uses a static
per-CPU variable. However, per-CPU variables have significant
restrictions, for example, names of per-CPU variables must be globally
unique, even if declared static. These restrictions carry over to
DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(), and this commit therefore documents these
restrictions.

Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Reported-by: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/srcu.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h
index f5f80c5643ac..dc8eb63c6568 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcu.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcu.h
@@ -99,8 +99,23 @@ void process_srcu(struct work_struct *work);
}

/*
- * define and init a srcu struct at build time.
- * dont't call init_srcu_struct() nor cleanup_srcu_struct() on it.
+ * Define and initialize a srcu struct at build time.
+ * Do -not- call init_srcu_struct() nor cleanup_srcu_struct() on it.
+ *
+ * Note that although DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU() hides the name from other
+ * files, the per-CPU variable rules nevertheless require that the
+ * chosen name be globally unique. These rules also prohibit use of
+ * DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU() within a function. If these rules are too
+ * restrictive, declare the srcu_struct manually. For example, in
+ * each file:
+ *
+ * static struct srcu_struct my_srcu;
+ *
+ * Then, before the first use of each my_srcu, manually initialize it:
+ *
+ * init_srcu_struct(&my_srcu);
+ *
+ * See include/linux/percpu-defs.h for the rules on per-CPU variables.
*/
#define __DEFINE_SRCU(name, is_static) \
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct srcu_struct_array, name##_srcu_array);\
--
2.5.2
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