rcu: Document unique-name limitation for DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU()
SRCU uses per-CPU variables, and DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU() uses a static per-CPU variable. However, per-CPU variables have significant restrictions, for example, names of per-CPU variables must be globally unique, even if declared static. These restrictions carry over to DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(), and this commit therefore documents these restrictions. Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Suggested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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@ -99,8 +99,23 @@ void process_srcu(struct work_struct *work);
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/*
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* define and init a srcu struct at build time.
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* dont't call init_srcu_struct() nor cleanup_srcu_struct() on it.
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* Define and initialize a srcu struct at build time.
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* Do -not- call init_srcu_struct() nor cleanup_srcu_struct() on it.
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*
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* Note that although DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU() hides the name from other
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* files, the per-CPU variable rules nevertheless require that the
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* chosen name be globally unique. These rules also prohibit use of
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* DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU() within a function. If these rules are too
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* restrictive, declare the srcu_struct manually. For example, in
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* each file:
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*
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* static struct srcu_struct my_srcu;
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*
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* Then, before the first use of each my_srcu, manually initialize it:
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*
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* init_srcu_struct(&my_srcu);
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*
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* See include/linux/percpu-defs.h for the rules on per-CPU variables.
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*/
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#define __DEFINE_SRCU(name, is_static) \
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static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct srcu_struct_array, name##_srcu_array);\
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