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authorPaul E. McKenney2015-04-20 06:09:27 -0700
committerPaul E. McKenney2015-05-27 12:56:17 -0700
commitcf9fbf8017e2ab5cb33b6602b626f7f005718124 (patch)
treeca2ca92b0454c408c420fd9f744975eb08b3b9eb /Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt
parent1ebee8017d84ec8a0ba893cf7b8be3f70ead088b (diff)
documentation: RCU-protected array indexes no longer supported
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt b/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt
index cd83d2348fef..da51d3068850 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ checking of rcu_dereference() primitives:
Use explicit check expression "c" along with
srcu_read_lock_held()(). This is useful in code that
is invoked by both SRCU readers and updaters.
- rcu_dereference_index_check(p, c):
- Use explicit check expression "c", but the caller
- must supply one of the rcu_read_lock_held() functions.
- This is useful in code that uses RCU-protected arrays
- that is invoked by both RCU readers and updaters.
rcu_dereference_raw(p):
Don't check. (Use sparingly, if at all.)
rcu_dereference_protected(p, c):
@@ -64,11 +59,6 @@ checking of rcu_dereference() primitives:
but retain the compiler constraints that prevent duplicating
or coalescsing. This is useful when when testing the
value of the pointer itself, for example, against NULL.
- rcu_access_index(idx):
- Return the value of the index and omit all barriers, but
- retain the compiler constraints that prevent duplicating
- or coalescsing. This is useful when when testing the
- value of the index itself, for example, against -1.
The rcu_dereference_check() check expression can be any boolean
expression, but would normally include a lockdep expression. However,