Merge branches 'array.2015.05.27a', 'doc.2015.05.27a', 'fixes.2015.05.27a', 'hotplug.2015.05.27a', 'init.2015.05.27a', 'tiny.2015.05.27a' and 'torture.2015.05.27a' into HEAD

array.2015.05.27a:  Remove all uses of RCU-protected array indexes.
doc.2015.05.27a:  Docuemntation updates.
fixes.2015.05.27a:  Miscellaneous fixes.
hotplug.2015.05.27a:  CPU-hotplug updates.
init.2015.05.27a:  Initialization/Kconfig updates.
tiny.2015.05.27a:  Updates to Tiny RCU.
torture.2015.05.27a:  Torture-testing updates.
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Paul E. McKenney
2015-05-27 13:00:49 -07:00
49 changed files with 581 additions and 341 deletions

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@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ o Be very careful about comparing pointers obtained from
pointer. Note that the volatile cast in rcu_dereference()
will normally prevent the compiler from knowing too much.
However, please note that if the compiler knows that the
pointer takes on only one of two values, a not-equal
comparison will provide exactly the information that the
compiler needs to deduce the value of the pointer.
o Disable any value-speculation optimizations that your compiler
might provide, especially if you are making use of feedback-based
optimizations that take data collected from prior runs. Such

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@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ rcu_dereference()
If you are going to be fetching multiple fields from the
RCU-protected structure, using the local variable is of
course preferred. Repeated rcu_dereference() calls look
ugly and incur unnecessary overhead on Alpha CPUs.
ugly, do not guarantee that the same pointer will be returned
if an update happened while in the critical section, and incur
unnecessary overhead on Alpha CPUs.
Note that the value returned by rcu_dereference() is valid
only within the enclosing RCU read-side critical section.