linux-toradex.git/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt, branch v3.12.5

rcu: Remove srcu_read_lock_raw() and srcu_read_unlock_raw().

2013-06-10T20:45:25+00:00

These interfaces never did get used, so this commit removes them,
their rcutorture tests, and documentation referencing them.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan 
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

rcu: Documentation update

2013-03-12T21:09:02+00:00

This commit applies a few updates based on a quick review of the RCU
documentations.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Remove list_for_each_continue_rcu()

2012-11-13T22:08:21+00:00

The list_for_each_continue_rcu() macro is no longer used, so this commit
removes it.  The list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() macro should be
used instead.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Document SRCU dead-CPU capabilities, emphasize read-side limits

2012-09-23T14:42:23+00:00

The current documentation did not help someone grepping for SRCU to
learn that disabling preemption is not a replacement for srcu_read_lock(),
so upgrade the documentation to bring this out, not just for SRCU,
but also for RCU-bh.  Also document the fact that SRCU readers are
respected on CPUs executing in user mode, idle CPUs, and even on
offline CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett 
Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan

rcu: Update documentation to cover call_srcu() and srcu_barrier().

2012-07-02T19:34:03+00:00

The advent of call_srcu() and srcu_barrier() obsoleted some of the
documentation, so this commit brings that up to date.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitives

2012-02-21T17:06:08+00:00

The expedited RCU primitives can be quite useful, but they have some
high costs as well.  This commit updates and creates docbook comments
calling out the costs, and updates the RCU documentation as well.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Add documentation for raw SRCU read-side primitives

2011-12-11T18:31:41+00:00

Update various files in Documentation/RCU to reflect srcu_read_lock_raw()
and srcu_read_unlock_raw().  Credit to Peter Zijlstra for suggesting
use of the existing _raw suffix instead of the earlier bulkref names.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: document ways of stalling updates in low-memory situations

2010-08-20T16:00:14+00:00

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: add shiny new debug assists to Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt

2010-08-20T00:18:01+00:00

Add a section describing PROVE_RCU, DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD, and
the __rcu sparse checking to the RCU checklist.

Suggested-by: David Miller 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

rcu: Update docs for rcu_access_pointer and rcu_dereference_protected

2010-04-14T10:20:12+00:00

Update examples and lists of APIs to include these new
primitives.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
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