linux/Documentation/RCU/Design
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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Data-Structures doc: rcu: Update description of gp_seq fields in rcu_data 2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00
Expedited-Grace-Periods rcu: Determine expedited-GP IPI handler at build time 2019-01-25 15:28:27 -08:00
Memory-Ordering rcu: Rename rcu_check_callbacks() to rcu_sched_clock_irq() 2019-01-25 15:35:21 -08:00
Requirements doc: RCU scheduler spinlock rcu_read_unlock() restriction remains 2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00