From: "Paul E. McKenney" <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]> --- Documentation/RCU/rcuref.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcuref.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcuref.txt index 141d531aa14b..613033ff2b9b 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcuref.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcuref.txt @@ -1,5 +1,14 @@ Reference-count design for elements of lists/arrays protected by RCU. + +Please note that the percpu-ref feature is likely your first +stop if you need to combine reference counts and RCU. Please see +include/linux/percpu-refcount.h for more information. However, in +those unusual cases where percpu-ref would consume too much memory, +please read on. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + Reference counting on elements of lists which are protected by traditional reader/writer spinlocks or semaphores are straightforward: -- 1.8.1.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
