linux/Documentation/RCU
Paul E. McKenney c98cac603f rcu: Rename rcu_check_callbacks() to rcu_sched_clock_irq()
The name rcu_check_callbacks() arguably made sense back in the early
2000s when RCU was quite a bit simpler than it is today, but it has
become quite misleading, especially with the advent of dyntick-idle
and NO_HZ_FULL.  The rcu_check_callbacks() function is RCU's hook into
the scheduling-clock interrupt, and is now but one of many ways that
callbacks get promoted to invocable state.

This commit therefore changes the name to rcu_sched_clock_irq(),
which is the same number of characters and clearly indicates this
function's relation to the rest of the Linux kernel.  In addition, for
the sake of consistency, rcu_flavor_check_callbacks() is also renamed
to rcu_flavor_sched_clock_irq().

While in the area, the header comments for both functions are reworked.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25 15:35:21 -08:00
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Design rcu: Rename rcu_check_callbacks() to rcu_sched_clock_irq() 2019-01-25 15:35:21 -08:00
arrayRCU.txt documentation: RCU-protected array indexes no longer supported 2015-05-27 12:56:17 -07:00
checklist.txt doc: rcu: Encourage use of rcu_barrier in checklist 2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00
listRCU.txt rcu: Update docs to include kfree_rcu() 2012-11-08 11:44:25 -08:00
lockdep-splat.txt kthread: kthread worker API cleanup 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
lockdep.txt documentation: RCU-protected array indexes no longer supported 2015-05-27 12:56:17 -07:00
NMI-RCU.txt rcu: Fix RCU's NMI documentation 2011-09-28 21:36:44 -07:00
rcu_dereference.txt doc: De-emphasize smp_read_barrier_depends 2017-12-05 11:57:53 -08:00
rcu.txt Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
rcubarrier.txt doc: Update RCU documentation 2017-08-17 07:29:48 -07:00
rculist_nulls.txt mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2017-04-18 11:42:36 -07:00
rcuref.txt documentation: Add pointer to percpu-ref for RCU and refcount 2014-07-08 08:32:56 -07:00
RTFP.txt Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
stallwarn.txt rcu: Discard separate per-CPU callback counts 2019-01-25 15:28:30 -08:00
torture.txt doc: Update RCU documentation 2017-08-17 07:29:48 -07:00
UP.txt rcu: Add synchronize_sched_expedited() rcutorture doc + updates 2009-07-03 10:02:29 +02:00
whatisRCU.txt doc: Make reader aware of rcu_dereference_protected 2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00