Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees][PATCH] doc: RCU callback locks need only _bh, not necessarily _irq | From | Shuah Khan <> | Date | Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:11:51 -0600 |
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On 6/27/19 4:10 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 04:01:35PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote: >> On 6/27/19 3:01 PM, Jiunn Chang wrote: >>> The UP.rst file calls for locks acquired within RCU callback functions >>> to use _irq variants (spin_lock_irqsave() or similar), which does work, >>> but can be overkill. This commit therefore instead calls for _bh variants >>> (spin_lock_bh() or similar), while noting that _irq does work. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> >> >> Should this by Suggested-by? > > I wrote it and Jiunn converted my change to .rst, so I believe that > this is correct as is. >
Great.
thanks, -- Shuah
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