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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt index 687777f83b23..881353fd5bff 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt @@ -81,18 +81,19 @@ currently executing on some other CPU. We therefore cannot free up any data structures used by the old NMI handler until execution of it completes on all other CPUs. -One way to accomplish this is via synchronize_sched(), perhaps as +One way to accomplish this is via synchronize_rcu(), perhaps as follows: unset_nmi_callback(); - synchronize_sched(); + synchronize_rcu(); kfree(my_nmi_data); -This works because synchronize_sched() blocks until all CPUs complete -any preemption-disabled segments of code that they were executing. -Since NMI handlers disable preemption, synchronize_sched() is guaranteed +This works because (as of v4.20) synchronize_rcu() blocks until all +CPUs complete any preemption-disabled segments of code that they were +executing. +Since NMI handlers disable preemption, synchronize_rcu() is guaranteed not to return until all ongoing NMI handlers exit. It is therefore safe -to free up the handler's data as soon as synchronize_sched() returns. +to free up the handler's data as soon as synchronize_rcu() returns. Important note: for this to work, the architecture in question must invoke nmi_enter() and nmi_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively. |