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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/rcupdate.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/rcupdate.h | 49 |
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h index 09e6ac4b669b..bc4b5c905a60 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h @@ -164,6 +164,37 @@ do { \ cond_resched(); \ } while (0) +/** + * rcu_softirq_qs_periodic - Report RCU and RCU-Tasks quiescent states + * @old_ts: jiffies at start of processing. + * + * This helper is for long-running softirq handlers, such as NAPI threads in + * networking. The caller should initialize the variable passed in as @old_ts + * at the beginning of the softirq handler. When invoked frequently, this macro + * will invoke rcu_softirq_qs() every 100 milliseconds thereafter, which will + * provide both RCU and RCU-Tasks quiescent states. Note that this macro + * modifies its old_ts argument. + * + * Because regions of code that have disabled softirq act as RCU read-side + * critical sections, this macro should be invoked with softirq (and + * preemption) enabled. + * + * The macro is not needed when CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT is defined. RT kernels would + * have more chance to invoke schedule() calls and provide necessary quiescent + * states. As a contrast, calling cond_resched() only won't achieve the same + * effect because cond_resched() does not provide RCU-Tasks quiescent states. + */ +#define rcu_softirq_qs_periodic(old_ts) \ +do { \ + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && \ + time_after(jiffies, (old_ts) + HZ / 10)) { \ + preempt_disable(); \ + rcu_softirq_qs(); \ + preempt_enable(); \ + (old_ts) = jiffies; \ + } \ +} while (0) + /* * Infrastructure to implement the synchronize_() primitives in * TREE_RCU and rcu_barrier_() primitives in TINY_RCU. @@ -385,6 +416,24 @@ do { \ } while (0) /** + * rcu_replace_pointer() - replace an RCU pointer, returning its old value + * @rcu_ptr: RCU pointer, whose old value is returned + * @ptr: regular pointer + * @c: the lockdep conditions under which the dereference will take place + * + * Perform a replacement, where @rcu_ptr is an RCU-annotated + * pointer and @c is the lockdep argument that is passed to the + * rcu_dereference_protected() call used to read that pointer. The old + * value of @rcu_ptr is returned, and @rcu_ptr is set to @ptr. + */ +#define rcu_replace_pointer(rcu_ptr, ptr, c) \ +({ \ + typeof(ptr) __tmp = rcu_dereference_protected((rcu_ptr), (c)); \ + rcu_assign_pointer((rcu_ptr), (ptr)); \ + __tmp; \ +}) + +/** * rcu_swap_protected() - swap an RCU and a regular pointer * @rcu_ptr: RCU pointer * @ptr: regular pointer |