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| author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2026-05-08 10:43:53 -0700 |
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| committer | Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> | 2026-05-24 09:40:02 +0200 |
| commit | e6cb527255c9f873851bd18d2bc375f6e6abb311 (patch) | |
| tree | eaf0022d38a57d9208a2b9750cbc43e728792bca /mm/tests/git@git.tavy.me:linux.git | |
| parent | d9b4d36b8c8fb6006e7b62dd0ddc218c87e8196a (diff) | |
rcu: Document rcu_access_pointer() feeding into cmpxchg()
This commit documents the rcu_access_pointer() use case for fetching the
old value of an RCU-protected pointer within a lockless updater for use
by an atomic cmpxchg() operation.
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
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