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authorPhilipp Stanner <phasta@kernel.org>2026-08-05 16:59:45 +0200
committerMiguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>2026-08-10 07:58:37 +0200
commitd8973c47544371613313ecb9a8c3e7b244aa9bbf (patch)
treec4d3916eb36d852ceb669258e402cc7b9d248b40 /rust/kernel/sync
parent445ac1c8058035550c5a8330afb754420e712a9c (diff)
rust: sync: Add abstraction for rcu_barrier()
rcu_barrier() is a frequently used C function which is always safe to be called. Add a safe abstraction for rcu_barrier(). Tested-by: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com> Signed-off-by: Philipp Stanner <phasta@kernel.org> Acked-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> Reviewed-by: Onur Özkan <work@onurozkan.dev> Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260805145949.938505-5-phasta@kernel.org [ Formatted documentation. Sorted tags. - Miguel ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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-rw-r--r--rust/kernel/sync/rcu.rs20
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diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/rcu.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/rcu.rs
index a32bef6e490b..42d1b26a2143 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/rcu.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/rcu.rs
@@ -50,3 +50,23 @@ impl Drop for Guard {
pub fn read_lock() -> Guard {
Guard::new()
}
+
+/// Wait until all in-flight `call_rcu()` callbacks complete.
+///
+/// Note that this primitive does not necessarily wait for an RCU grace period
+/// to complete. For example, if there are no RCU callbacks queued anywhere
+/// in the system, then [`rcu_barrier()`] is within its rights to return
+/// immediately, without waiting for anything, much less an RCU grace period.
+/// In fact, [`rcu_barrier()`] will normally not result in any RCU grace periods
+/// beyond those that were already destined to be executed.
+///
+/// In kernels built with `CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y`, this function also hurries all
+/// pending lazy RCU callbacks.
+///
+/// Note that this is one of the RCU primitives which must not be called in
+/// atomic context.
+#[inline]
+pub fn rcu_barrier() {
+ // SAFETY: `rcu_barrier()` is always safe to be called. It just might wait for a grace period.
+ unsafe { bindings::rcu_barrier() };
+}