Re: [PATCH] RCU read sched

[Ingo Molnar]

* Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> (probably already in -tip)
> 
> Add rcu_read_lock_sched() and rcu_read_unlock_sched() to rcupdate.h to match the
> recently added write-side call_rcu_sched() and rcu_barrier_sched(). They also
> match the no-so-recently-added synchronize_sched().
> 
> It will help following matching use of the update/read lock primitives. Those
> new read lock will replace preempt_disable()/enable() used in pair with
> RCU-classic synchronization.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Paul E McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Paul, does this API extension look good to you?

i'll apply it to tip/core/rcu if yes.

	Ingo
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