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authorRafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>2009-09-14 20:26:05 +0200
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>2009-09-14 20:26:05 +0200
commitac8d513a6801c8636922ccf4f30211810c9a56ce (patch)
tree83ba584487a6a612c8fcf2563c28c0263df35ba2 /Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt
parentbf992fa2bc1ad1bb2aeb0bdfadb43f236b9297fd (diff)
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@@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ module invokes call_rcu() from timers, you will need to first cancel all
the timers, and only then invoke rcu_barrier() to wait for any remaining
RCU callbacks to complete.
+Of course, if you module uses call_rcu_bh(), you will need to invoke
+rcu_barrier_bh() before unloading. Similarly, if your module uses
+call_rcu_sched(), you will need to invoke rcu_barrier_sched() before
+unloading. If your module uses call_rcu(), call_rcu_bh(), -and-
+call_rcu_sched(), then you will need to invoke each of rcu_barrier(),
+rcu_barrier_bh(), and rcu_barrier_sched().
+
Implementing rcu_barrier()