/* * Read-Copy Update mechanism for mutual exclusion * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2001 * * Author: Dipankar Sarma * * Based on the original work by Paul McKenney * and inputs from Rusty Russell, Andrea Arcangeli and Andi Kleen. * Papers: * http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/paper/rclockpdcsproof.pdf * http://lse.sourceforge.net/locking/rclock_OLS.2001.05.01c.sc.pdf (OLS2001) * * For detailed explanation of Read-Copy Update mechanism see - * http://lse.sourceforge.net/locking/rcupdate.html */ #ifndef __XEN_RCUPDATE_H #define __XEN_RCUPDATE_H #include #include #include #include #include #define __rcu /** * struct rcu_head - callback structure for use with RCU * @next: next update requests in a list * @func: actual update function to call after the grace period. */ struct rcu_head { struct rcu_head *next; void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head); }; #define RCU_HEAD_INIT { .next = NULL, .func = NULL } #define RCU_HEAD(head) struct rcu_head head = RCU_HEAD_INIT #define INIT_RCU_HEAD(ptr) do { \ (ptr)->next = NULL; (ptr)->func = NULL; \ } while (0) int rcu_pending(int cpu); int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu); /* * Dummy lock type for passing to rcu_read_{lock,unlock}. Currently exists * only to document the reason for rcu_read_lock() critical sections. */ struct _rcu_read_lock {}; typedef struct _rcu_read_lock rcu_read_lock_t; #define DEFINE_RCU_READ_LOCK(x) rcu_read_lock_t x /** * rcu_read_lock - mark the beginning of an RCU read-side critical section. * * When call_rcu() is invoked * on one CPU while other CPUs are within RCU read-side critical * sections, invocation of the corresponding RCU callback is deferred * until after the all the other CPUs exit their critical sections. * * Note, however, that RCU callbacks are permitted to run concurrently * with RCU read-side critical sections. One way that this can happen * is via the following sequence of events: (1) CPU 0 enters an RCU * read-side critical section, (2) CPU 1 invokes call_rcu() to register * an RCU callback, (3) CPU 0 exits the RCU read-side critical section, * (4) CPU 2 enters a RCU read-side critical section, (5) the RCU * callback is invoked. This is legal, because the RCU read-side critical * section that was running concurrently with the call_rcu() (and which * therefore might be referencing something that the corresponding RCU * callback would free up) has completed before the corresponding * RCU callback is invoked. * * RCU read-side critical sections may be nested. Any deferred actions * will be deferred until the outermost RCU read-side critical section * completes. * * It is illegal to block while in an RCU read-side critical section. */ #define rcu_read_lock(x) ({ ((void)(x)); preempt_disable(); }) /** * rcu_read_unlock - marks the end of an RCU read-side critical section. * * See rcu_read_lock() for more information. */ #define rcu_read_unlock(x) ({ ((void)(x)); preempt_enable(); }) /* * So where is rcu_write_lock()? It does not exist, as there is no * way for writers to lock out RCU readers. This is a feature, not * a bug -- this property is what provides RCU's performance benefits. * Of course, writers must coordinate with each other. The normal * spinlock primitives work well for this, but any other technique may be * used as well. RCU does not care how the writers keep out of each * others' way, as long as they do so. */ /** * rcu_dereference - fetch an RCU-protected pointer in an * RCU read-side critical section. This pointer may later * be safely dereferenced. * * Inserts memory barriers on architectures that require them * (currently only the Alpha), and, more importantly, documents * exactly which pointers are protected by RCU. */ #define rcu_dereference(p) (p) /** * rcu_assign_pointer - assign (publicize) a pointer to a newly * initialized structure that will be dereferenced by RCU read-side * critical sections. Returns the value assigned. * * Inserts memory barriers on architectures that require them * (pretty much all of them other than x86), and also prevents * the compiler from reordering the code that initializes the * structure after the pointer assignment. More importantly, this * call documents which pointers will be dereferenced by RCU read-side * code. */ #define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) ({ smp_wmb(); (p) = (v); }) void rcu_init(void); void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu); /* Exported interfaces */ void call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head)); int rcu_barrier(void); #endif /* __XEN_RCUPDATE_H */