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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcutree_plugin.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h index 9906f85..63bb771 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h @@ -546,9 +546,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu); * * Control will return to the caller some time after a full grace * period has elapsed, in other words after all currently executing RCU - * read-side critical sections have completed. RCU read-side critical - * sections are delimited by rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), - * and may be nested. + * read-side critical sections have completed. Note, however, that + * upon return from synchronize_rcu(), the caller might well be executing + * concurrently with new RCU read-side critical sections that began while + * synchronize_rcu() was waiting. RCU read-side critical sections are + * delimited by rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), and may be nested. */ void synchronize_rcu(void) { |