[dm-devel] [PATCH 1/5] blk-mq: introduce BLK_STS_DEV_RESOURCE
Bart Van Assche
Bart.VanAssche at wdc.com
Tue Jan 23 16:47:11 UTC 2018
On Wed, 2018-01-24 at 00:41 +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> Could you explain where to call call_rcu()? call_rcu() can't be used in
> IO path at all.
Can you explain what makes you think that call_rcu() can't be used in the
I/O path? As you know call_rcu() invokes a function asynchronously. From
Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html:
The <tt>call_rcu()</tt> function may be used in a number of
situations where neither <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> nor
<tt>synchronize_rcu_expedited()</tt> would be legal,
including within preempt-disable code, <tt>local_bh_disable()</tt> code,
interrupt-disable code, and interrupt handlers.
Bart.
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