linux/include
Paul E. McKenney 414c12385d rcu: Provide a get_completed_synchronize_rcu() function
It is currently up to the caller to handle stale return values from
get_state_synchronize_rcu().  If poll_state_synchronize_rcu() returned
true once, a grace period has elapsed, regardless of the fact that counter
wrap might cause some future poll_state_synchronize_rcu() invocation to
return false.  For example, the caller might store a separate flag that
indicates whether some previous call to poll_state_synchronize_rcu()
determined that the relevant grace period had already ended.

This approach works, but it requires extra storage and is easy to get
wrong.  This commit therefore introduces a get_completed_synchronize_rcu()
that returns a cookie that causes poll_state_synchronize_rcu() to always
return true.  This already-completed cookie can be stored in place of the
cookie that previously caused poll_state_synchronize_rcu() to return true.
It can also be used to flag a given structure as not having been exposed
to readers, and thus not requiring a grace period to elapse.

This commit is in preparation for polled expedited grace periods.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220121142454.1994916-1-bfoster@redhat.com/
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RNKWW9jQyfjxw2E8dsXVTdvZYh0HnYeSHDKog9jhdN8/edit?usp=sharing
Cc: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2022-06-20 09:21:51 -07:00
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acpi cxl for 5.19 2022-05-27 21:24:19 -07:00
asm-generic kernel: add platform_has() infrastructure 2022-06-06 08:06:00 +02:00
clocksource pwm: Changes for v5.19-rc1 2022-06-01 10:49:11 -07:00
crypto
drm drm/ttm: fix bulk move handling v2 2022-06-14 11:15:19 +02:00
dt-bindings Char / Misc / Other smaller driver subsystem updates for 5.19-rc1 2022-06-03 11:36:34 -07:00
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linux rcu: Provide a get_completed_synchronize_rcu() function 2022-06-20 09:21:51 -07:00
math-emu
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net Revert "net: Add a second bind table hashed by port and address" 2022-06-16 11:07:59 -07:00
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sound ARM: multiplatform changes, part 2 2022-06-02 15:23:54 -07:00
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trace workqueue: Fix type of cpu in trace event 2022-06-07 07:09:47 -10:00
uapi io_uring: remove IORING_CLOSE_FD_AND_FILE_SLOT 2022-06-14 10:57:40 -06:00
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xen arm/xen: Assign xen-grant DMA ops for xen-grant DMA devices 2022-06-06 16:07:30 +02:00