rcu: 1Q2010 update for RCU documentation
Add expedited functions. Review documentation and update obsolete verbiage. Also fix the advice for the RCU CPU-stall kernel configuration parameter, and document RCU CPU-stall warnings. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com Cc: niv@us.ibm.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: dhowells@redhat.com LKML-Reference: <12635142581866-git-send-email-> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ o I hear that RCU is patented? What is with that?
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search for the string "Patent" in RTFP.txt to find them.
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Of these, one was allowed to lapse by the assignee, and the
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others have been contributed to the Linux kernel under GPL.
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There are now also LGPL implementations of user-level RCU
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available (http://lttng.org/?q=node/18).
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o I hear that RCU needs work in order to support realtime kernels?
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@@ -91,48 +93,4 @@ o Where can I find more information on RCU?
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o What are all these files in this directory?
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NMI-RCU.txt
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Describes how to use RCU to implement dynamic
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NMI handlers, which can be revectored on the fly,
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without rebooting.
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RTFP.txt
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List of RCU-related publications and web sites.
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UP.txt
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Discussion of RCU usage in UP kernels.
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arrayRCU.txt
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Describes how to use RCU to protect arrays, with
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resizeable arrays whose elements reference other
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data structures being of the most interest.
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checklist.txt
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Lists things to check for when inspecting code that
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uses RCU.
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listRCU.txt
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Describes how to use RCU to protect linked lists.
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This is the simplest and most common use of RCU
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in the Linux kernel.
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rcu.txt
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You are reading it!
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rcuref.txt
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Describes how to combine use of reference counts
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with RCU.
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whatisRCU.txt
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Overview of how the RCU implementation works. Along
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the way, presents a conceptual view of RCU.
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See 00-INDEX for the list.
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