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1 /*
2 * Read-Copy Update mechanism for mutual exclusion
4 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
7 * (at your option) any later version.
9 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 * GNU General Public License for more details.
14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
16 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
18 * Copyright IBM Corporation, 2001
20 * Author: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com>
22 * Based on the original work by Paul McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
23 * and inputs from Rusty Russell, Andrea Arcangeli and Andi Kleen.
24 * Papers:
25 * http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/paper/rclockpdcsproof.pdf
26 * http://lse.sourceforge.net/locking/rclock_OLS.2001.05.01c.sc.pdf (OLS2001)
28 * For detailed explanation of Read-Copy Update mechanism see -
29 * http://lse.sourceforge.net/locking/rcupdate.html
33 #ifndef __LINUX_RCUPDATE_H
34 #define __LINUX_RCUPDATE_H
36 #include <linux/cache.h>
37 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
38 #include <linux/threads.h>
39 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
40 #include <linux/seqlock.h>
41 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
42 #include <linux/completion.h>
44 /**
45 * struct rcu_head - callback structure for use with RCU
46 * @next: next update requests in a list
47 * @func: actual update function to call after the grace period.
49 struct rcu_head {
50 struct rcu_head *next;
51 void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head);
54 /* Exported common interfaces */
55 #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
56 extern void synchronize_rcu(void);
57 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU */
58 #define synchronize_rcu synchronize_sched
59 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU */
60 extern void synchronize_rcu_bh(void);
61 extern void synchronize_sched(void);
62 extern void rcu_barrier(void);
63 extern void rcu_barrier_bh(void);
64 extern void rcu_barrier_sched(void);
65 extern void synchronize_sched_expedited(void);
66 extern int sched_expedited_torture_stats(char *page);
68 /* Internal to kernel */
69 extern void rcu_init(void);
70 extern void rcu_scheduler_starting(void);
71 extern int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu);
72 extern int rcu_scheduler_active;
74 #if defined(CONFIG_TREE_RCU) || defined(CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU)
75 #include <linux/rcutree.h>
76 #else
77 #error "Unknown RCU implementation specified to kernel configuration"
78 #endif
80 #define RCU_HEAD_INIT { .next = NULL, .func = NULL }
81 #define RCU_HEAD(head) struct rcu_head head = RCU_HEAD_INIT
82 #define INIT_RCU_HEAD(ptr) do { \
83 (ptr)->next = NULL; (ptr)->func = NULL; \
84 } while (0)
86 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
87 extern struct lockdep_map rcu_lock_map;
88 # define rcu_read_acquire() \
89 lock_acquire(&rcu_lock_map, 0, 0, 2, 1, NULL, _THIS_IP_)
90 # define rcu_read_release() lock_release(&rcu_lock_map, 1, _THIS_IP_)
91 #else
92 # define rcu_read_acquire() do { } while (0)
93 # define rcu_read_release() do { } while (0)
94 #endif
96 /**
97 * rcu_read_lock - mark the beginning of an RCU read-side critical section.
99 * When synchronize_rcu() is invoked on one CPU while other CPUs
100 * are within RCU read-side critical sections, then the
101 * synchronize_rcu() is guaranteed to block until after all the other
102 * CPUs exit their critical sections. Similarly, if call_rcu() is invoked
103 * on one CPU while other CPUs are within RCU read-side critical
104 * sections, invocation of the corresponding RCU callback is deferred
105 * until after the all the other CPUs exit their critical sections.
107 * Note, however, that RCU callbacks are permitted to run concurrently
108 * with RCU read-side critical sections. One way that this can happen
109 * is via the following sequence of events: (1) CPU 0 enters an RCU
110 * read-side critical section, (2) CPU 1 invokes call_rcu() to register
111 * an RCU callback, (3) CPU 0 exits the RCU read-side critical section,
112 * (4) CPU 2 enters a RCU read-side critical section, (5) the RCU
113 * callback is invoked. This is legal, because the RCU read-side critical
114 * section that was running concurrently with the call_rcu() (and which
115 * therefore might be referencing something that the corresponding RCU
116 * callback would free up) has completed before the corresponding
117 * RCU callback is invoked.
119 * RCU read-side critical sections may be nested. Any deferred actions
120 * will be deferred until the outermost RCU read-side critical section
121 * completes.
123 * It is illegal to block while in an RCU read-side critical section.
125 static inline void rcu_read_lock(void)
127 __rcu_read_lock();
128 __acquire(RCU);
129 rcu_read_acquire();
133 * So where is rcu_write_lock()? It does not exist, as there is no
134 * way for writers to lock out RCU readers. This is a feature, not
135 * a bug -- this property is what provides RCU's performance benefits.
136 * Of course, writers must coordinate with each other. The normal
137 * spinlock primitives work well for this, but any other technique may be
138 * used as well. RCU does not care how the writers keep out of each
139 * others' way, as long as they do so.
143 * rcu_read_unlock - marks the end of an RCU read-side critical section.
145 * See rcu_read_lock() for more information.
147 static inline void rcu_read_unlock(void)
149 rcu_read_release();
150 __release(RCU);
151 __rcu_read_unlock();
155 * rcu_read_lock_bh - mark the beginning of a softirq-only RCU critical section
157 * This is equivalent of rcu_read_lock(), but to be used when updates
158 * are being done using call_rcu_bh(). Since call_rcu_bh() callbacks
159 * consider completion of a softirq handler to be a quiescent state,
160 * a process in RCU read-side critical section must be protected by
161 * disabling softirqs. Read-side critical sections in interrupt context
162 * can use just rcu_read_lock().
165 static inline void rcu_read_lock_bh(void)
167 __rcu_read_lock_bh();
168 __acquire(RCU_BH);
169 rcu_read_acquire();
173 * rcu_read_unlock_bh - marks the end of a softirq-only RCU critical section
175 * See rcu_read_lock_bh() for more information.
177 static inline void rcu_read_unlock_bh(void)
179 rcu_read_release();
180 __release(RCU_BH);
181 __rcu_read_unlock_bh();
185 * rcu_read_lock_sched - mark the beginning of a RCU-classic critical section
187 * Should be used with either
188 * - synchronize_sched()
189 * or
190 * - call_rcu_sched() and rcu_barrier_sched()
191 * on the write-side to insure proper synchronization.
193 static inline void rcu_read_lock_sched(void)
195 preempt_disable();
196 __acquire(RCU_SCHED);
197 rcu_read_acquire();
200 /* Used by lockdep and tracing: cannot be traced, cannot call lockdep. */
201 static inline notrace void rcu_read_lock_sched_notrace(void)
203 preempt_disable_notrace();
204 __acquire(RCU_SCHED);
208 * rcu_read_unlock_sched - marks the end of a RCU-classic critical section
210 * See rcu_read_lock_sched for more information.
212 static inline void rcu_read_unlock_sched(void)
214 rcu_read_release();
215 __release(RCU_SCHED);
216 preempt_enable();
219 /* Used by lockdep and tracing: cannot be traced, cannot call lockdep. */
220 static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
222 __release(RCU_SCHED);
223 preempt_enable_notrace();
228 * rcu_dereference - fetch an RCU-protected pointer in an
229 * RCU read-side critical section. This pointer may later
230 * be safely dereferenced.
232 * Inserts memory barriers on architectures that require them
233 * (currently only the Alpha), and, more importantly, documents
234 * exactly which pointers are protected by RCU.
237 #define rcu_dereference(p) ({ \
238 typeof(p) _________p1 = ACCESS_ONCE(p); \
239 smp_read_barrier_depends(); \
240 (_________p1); \
244 * rcu_assign_pointer - assign (publicize) a pointer to a newly
245 * initialized structure that will be dereferenced by RCU read-side
246 * critical sections. Returns the value assigned.
248 * Inserts memory barriers on architectures that require them
249 * (pretty much all of them other than x86), and also prevents
250 * the compiler from reordering the code that initializes the
251 * structure after the pointer assignment. More importantly, this
252 * call documents which pointers will be dereferenced by RCU read-side
253 * code.
256 #define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) \
257 ({ \
258 if (!__builtin_constant_p(v) || \
259 ((v) != NULL)) \
260 smp_wmb(); \
261 (p) = (v); \
264 /* Infrastructure to implement the synchronize_() primitives. */
266 struct rcu_synchronize {
267 struct rcu_head head;
268 struct completion completion;
271 extern void wakeme_after_rcu(struct rcu_head *head);
274 * call_rcu - Queue an RCU callback for invocation after a grace period.
275 * @head: structure to be used for queueing the RCU updates.
276 * @func: actual update function to be invoked after the grace period
278 * The update function will be invoked some time after a full grace
279 * period elapses, in other words after all currently executing RCU
280 * read-side critical sections have completed. RCU read-side critical
281 * sections are delimited by rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(),
282 * and may be nested.
284 extern void call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head,
285 void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head));
288 * call_rcu_bh - Queue an RCU for invocation after a quicker grace period.
289 * @head: structure to be used for queueing the RCU updates.
290 * @func: actual update function to be invoked after the grace period
292 * The update function will be invoked some time after a full grace
293 * period elapses, in other words after all currently executing RCU
294 * read-side critical sections have completed. call_rcu_bh() assumes
295 * that the read-side critical sections end on completion of a softirq
296 * handler. This means that read-side critical sections in process
297 * context must not be interrupted by softirqs. This interface is to be
298 * used when most of the read-side critical sections are in softirq context.
299 * RCU read-side critical sections are delimited by :
300 * - rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), if in interrupt context.
301 * OR
302 * - rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_unlock_bh(), if in process context.
303 * These may be nested.
305 extern void call_rcu_bh(struct rcu_head *head,
306 void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head));
308 #endif /* __LINUX_RCUPDATE_H */