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Merge branch 'for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu

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Pull RCU updates from Paul E. McKenney:

 - Removal of spin_unlock_wait()
 - SRCU updates
 - Torture-test updates
 - Documentation updates
 - Miscellaneous fixes
 - CPU-hotplug fixes
 - Miscellaneous non-RCU fixes

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Ingo Molnar
2017-08-21 09:45:19 +02:00
parent d5da6457bf 656e7c0c0a
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include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h
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* (non-running threads are de facto in such a
* state). This covers threads from all processes
* running on the system. This command returns 0.
* @MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED:
* Execute a memory barrier on each running
* thread belonging to the same process as the current
* thread. Upon return from system call, the
* caller thread is ensured that all its running
* threads siblings have passed through a state
* where all memory accesses to user-space
* addresses match program order between entry
* to and return from the system call
* (non-running threads are de facto in such a
* state). This only covers threads from the
* same processes as the caller thread. This
* command returns 0. The "expedited" commands
* complete faster than the non-expedited ones,
* they never block, but have the downside of
* causing extra overhead.
*
* Command to be passed to the membarrier system call. The commands need to
* be a single bit each, except for MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY which is assigned to
* the value 0.
*/
enum membarrier_cmd {
MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY = 0,
MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = (1 << 0),
MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY = 0,
MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = (1 << 0),
/* reserved for MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED_EXPEDITED (1 << 1) */
/* reserved for MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE (1 << 2) */
MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED = (1 << 3),
};
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H */