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* doc/RCU: fix pseudocode in rcuref.txtLai Jiangshan2008-09-101-8/+8
| | | | | | | | | atomic_inc_not_zero(v) return 0 if *v = 0. use spin_lock instead of write_lock for update lock. Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* [PATCH] RCU documentation fixes (January 2006 update)Paul E. McKenney2006-02-011-16/+15
| | | | | | | | | Updates to in-tree RCU documentation based on comments over the past few months. Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] rcu file: use atomic primitivesNick Piggin2006-01-081-47/+40
| | | | | | | | | Use atomic_inc_not_zero for rcu files instead of special case rcuref. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] files: rcuref APIsDipankar Sarma2005-09-091-0/+74
Adds a set of primitives to do reference counting for objects that are looked up without locks using RCU. Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran_th@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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