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docs: RCU: Convert rcuref.txt to ReST
- Add a SPDX header; - Adjust document title; - Some whitespace fixes and new line breaks; - Mark literal blocks as such; - Add it to RCU/index.rst. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ RCU concepts
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whatisRCU
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rcu
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rculist_nulls
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rcuref
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torture
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listRCU
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NMI-RCU
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Reference-count design for elements of lists/arrays protected by RCU.
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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====================================================================
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Reference-count design for elements of lists/arrays protected by RCU
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====================================================================
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Please note that the percpu-ref feature is likely your first
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@ -12,7 +16,8 @@ please read on.
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Reference counting on elements of lists which are protected by traditional
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reader/writer spinlocks or semaphores are straightforward:
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CODE LISTING A:
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CODE LISTING A::
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1. 2.
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add() search_and_reference()
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{ {
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@ -46,7 +51,8 @@ search_and_reference() could potentially hold reference to an element which
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has already been deleted from the list/array. Use atomic_inc_not_zero()
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in this scenario as follows:
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CODE LISTING B:
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CODE LISTING B::
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1. 2.
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add() search_and_reference()
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{ {
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@ -82,7 +88,8 @@ search_and_reference() code path. In such cases, the
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atomic_dec_and_test() may be moved from delete() to el_free()
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as follows:
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CODE LISTING C:
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CODE LISTING C::
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1. 2.
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add() search_and_reference()
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{ {
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@ -130,7 +137,7 @@ the eventual invocation of kfree(), which is usually not a problem on
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modern computer systems, even the small ones.
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In cases where delete() can sleep, synchronize_rcu() can be called from
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delete(), so that el_free() can be subsumed into delete as follows:
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delete(), so that el_free() can be subsumed into delete as follows::
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4.
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delete()
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