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| author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2010-05-10 11:59:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2010-05-10 14:20:42 +0200 |
| commit | dbb6be6d5e974c42bbecd183effaa0df69e1dd8b (patch) | |
| tree | 5735cb47e70853d057a9881dd0ce44b83e88fa63 /include/linux/radix-tree.h | |
| parent | 6a867a395558a7f882d041783e4cdea6744ca2bf (diff) | |
| parent | b57f95a38233a2e73b679bea4a5453a1cc2a1cc9 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linus' into timers/core
Reason: Further posix_cpu_timer patches depend on mainline changes
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/radix-tree.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/radix-tree.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/radix-tree.h b/include/linux/radix-tree.h index c5da74918096..55ca73cf25e5 100644 --- a/include/linux/radix-tree.h +++ b/include/linux/radix-tree.h @@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ do { \ * (Note, rcu_assign_pointer and rcu_dereference are not needed to control * access to data items when inserting into or looking up from the radix tree) * + * Note that the value returned by radix_tree_tag_get() may not be relied upon + * if only the RCU read lock is held. Functions to set/clear tags and to + * delete nodes running concurrently with it may affect its result such that + * two consecutive reads in the same locked section may return different + * values. If reliability is required, modification functions must also be + * excluded from concurrency. + * * radix_tree_tagged is able to be called without locking or RCU. */ |