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author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2022-09-26 08:57:56 -0700 |
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committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2022-10-21 10:08:43 -0700 |
commit | e9f8a790bf682bb4a2f79d0d905b34d55bceb71d (patch) | |
tree | 98bc145b5a7058418583d51108c55d08b109eca2 /include/linux/rcutiny.h | |
parent | aba9645bd10bd9f793732b06495b1312ee44865e (diff) |
slab: Explain why SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU reference before locking
It is not obvious to the casual user why it is absolutely necessary to
acquire a reference to a SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU structure before acquiring
a lock in that structure. Therefore, add a comment explaining this point.
[ paulmck: Apply Vlastimil Babka feedback. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Cc: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>
Cc: <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
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