On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 03:18:23 -0700 (PDT)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> wrote:
> lock
> unhash
> unlock
> if (atomic_dec()) {
> free
> }
And the read side is:
lock
loopup
atomic_inc
unlock
With RCU, read side is:
loopup
atomic_inc
Write is:
lock /* protect against other writes */
unhash /* be careful with wmb()s here... */
unlock
call_rcu(if (atomic_dec()) free) /* ie. does this later */
Clear?
Rusty.
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