Re: [PATCH v4 5/5] docs: Update RCU's hotplug requirements with a bit about design

2020-08-10 Thread Joel Fernandes
On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 07:10:38PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > Hi-- > > On 8/7/20 10:07 AM, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote: > > RCU's hotplug design will help understand the requirements an RCU > > implementation needs to fullfill, such as dead-lock avoidance. > > > > The rcu_barrier() section

Re: [PATCH v4 5/5] docs: Update RCU's hotplug requirements with a bit about design

2020-08-07 Thread Randy Dunlap
Hi-- On 8/7/20 10:07 AM, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote: > RCU's hotplug design will help understand the requirements an RCU > implementation needs to fullfill, such as dead-lock avoidance. > > The rcu_barrier() section of the "Hotplug CPU" section already talks > about deadlocks, however the

[PATCH v4 5/5] docs: Update RCU's hotplug requirements with a bit about design

2020-08-07 Thread Joel Fernandes (Google)
RCU's hotplug design will help understand the requirements an RCU implementation needs to fullfill, such as dead-lock avoidance. The rcu_barrier() section of the "Hotplug CPU" section already talks about deadlocks, however the description of what else can deadlock other than rcu_barrier is rather