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[tip/core/rcu,25/55] rcu: Update documentation for additional RCU lockdep functions

Message ID 1315332049-2604-25-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
State Accepted
Commit 8cd889cbb6dd13b47c2ea448a22c49c270ab94a2
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Paul E. McKenney Sept. 6, 2011, 6 p.m. UTC
Add documentation for rcu_dereference_bh_check(),
rcu_dereference_sched_check(), srcu_dereference_check(), and
rcu_dereference_index_check().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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 Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt |   24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt b/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt
index 4998c63..a102d4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt
@@ -32,9 +32,27 @@  checking of rcu_dereference() primitives:
 	srcu_dereference(p, sp):
 		Check for SRCU read-side critical section.
 	rcu_dereference_check(p, c):
-		Use explicit check expression "c".  This is useful in
-		code that is invoked by both readers and updaters.
-	rcu_dereference_raw(p)
+		Use explicit check expression "c" along with
+		rcu_read_lock_held().  This is useful in code that is
+		invoked by both RCU readers and updaters.
+	rcu_dereference_bh_check(p, c):
+		Use explicit check expression "c" along with
+		rcu_read_lock_bh_held().  This is useful in code that
+		is invoked by both RCU-bh readers and updaters.
+	rcu_dereference_sched_check(p, c):
+		Use explicit check expression "c" along with
+		rcu_read_lock_sched_held().  This is useful in code that
+		is invoked by both RCU-sched readers and updaters.
+	srcu_dereference_check(p, c):
+		Use explicit check expression "c" along with
+		srcu_read_lock_held()().  This is useful in code that
+		is invoked by both SRCU readers and updaters.
+	rcu_dereference_index_check(p, c):
+		Use explicit check expression "c", but the caller
+		must supply one of the rcu_read_lock_held() functions.
+		This is useful in code that uses RCU-protected arrays
+		that is invoked by both RCU readers and updaters.
+	rcu_dereference_raw(p):
 		Don't check.  (Use sparingly, if at all.)
 	rcu_dereference_protected(p, c):
 		Use explicit check expression "c", and omit all barriers