This commit adds a sentence to the srcu_down_read() function's kernel-doc header noting that it is permissible to use srcu_down_read() and srcu_read_lock() on the same srcu_struct, even concurrently.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]> Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Kent Overstreet <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> --- include/linux/srcu.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h index a0df80baaccf..317eab82a5f0 100644 --- a/include/linux/srcu.h +++ b/include/linux/srcu.h @@ -359,7 +359,8 @@ srcu_read_lock_notrace(struct srcu_struct *ssp) __acquires(ssp) * srcu_down_read() nor srcu_up_read() may be invoked from an NMI handler. * * Calls to srcu_down_read() may be nested, similar to the manner in - * which calls to down_read() may be nested. + * which calls to down_read() may be nested. The same srcu_struct may be + * used concurrently by srcu_down_read() and srcu_read_lock(). */ static inline int srcu_down_read(struct srcu_struct *ssp) __acquires(ssp) { -- 2.40.1
