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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/srcu.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h index 6f456a720ff..58971e891f4 100644 --- a/include/linux/srcu.h +++ b/include/linux/srcu.h @@ -139,7 +139,12 @@ static inline int srcu_read_lock_held(struct srcu_struct *sp) * @sp: srcu_struct in which to register the new reader. * * Enter an SRCU read-side critical section. Note that SRCU read-side - * critical sections may be nested. + * critical sections may be nested. However, it is illegal to + * call anything that waits on an SRCU grace period for the same + * srcu_struct, whether directly or indirectly. Please note that + * one way to indirectly wait on an SRCU grace period is to acquire + * a mutex that is held elsewhere while calling synchronize_srcu() or + * synchronize_srcu_expedited(). */ static inline int srcu_read_lock(struct srcu_struct *sp) __acquires(sp) { |