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rcu: Update documentation for additional RCU lockdep functions 

Add documentation for rcu_dereference_bh_check(),
rcu_dereference_sched_check(), srcu_dereference_check(), and
rcu_dereference_index_check().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Paul E. McKenney 2011-07-08 09:07:35 -07:00
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Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt
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@ -32,9 +32,27 @@ checking of rcu_dereference() primitives:
srcu_dereference(p, sp):
Check for SRCU read-side critical section.
rcu_dereference_check(p, c):
Use explicit check expression "c". This is useful in
code that is invoked by both readers and updaters.
rcu_dereference_raw(p)
Use explicit check expression "c" along with
rcu_read_lock_held(). This is useful in code that is
invoked by both RCU readers and updaters.
rcu_dereference_bh_check(p, c):
Use explicit check expression "c" along with
rcu_read_lock_bh_held(). This is useful in code that
is invoked by both RCU-bh readers and updaters.
rcu_dereference_sched_check(p, c):
Use explicit check expression "c" along with
rcu_read_lock_sched_held(). This is useful in code that
is invoked by both RCU-sched readers and updaters.
srcu_dereference_check(p, c):
Use explicit check expression "c" along with
srcu_read_lock_held()(). This is useful in code that
is invoked by both SRCU readers and updaters.
rcu_dereference_index_check(p, c):
Use explicit check expression "c", but the caller
must supply one of the rcu_read_lock_held() functions.
This is useful in code that uses RCU-protected arrays
that is invoked by both RCU readers and updaters.
rcu_dereference_raw(p):
Don't check. (Use sparingly, if at all.)
rcu_dereference_protected(p, c):
Use explicit check expression "c", and omit all barriers