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authorFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>2014-02-24 16:40:02 +0100
committerJens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>2014-02-24 14:47:15 -0800
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smp: Rename __smp_call_function_single() to smp_call_function_single_async()
The name __smp_call_function_single() doesn't tell much about the properties of this function, especially when compared to smp_call_function_single(). The comments above the implementation are also misleading. The main point of this function is actually not to be able to embed the csd in an object. This is actually a requirement that result from the purpose of this function which is to raise an IPI asynchronously. As such it can be called with interrupts disabled. And this feature comes at the cost of the caller who then needs to serialize the IPIs on this csd. Lets rename the function and enhance the comments so that they reflect these properties. Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/smp.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/smp.c19
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index b76763189752..06d574e42c72 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -238,15 +238,22 @@ int smp_call_function_single(int cpu, smp_call_func_t func, void *info,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(smp_call_function_single);
/**
- * __smp_call_function_single(): Run a function on a specific CPU
+ * smp_call_function_single_async(): Run an asynchronous function on a
+ * specific CPU.
* @cpu: The CPU to run on.
* @csd: Pre-allocated and setup data structure
*
- * Like smp_call_function_single(), but allow caller to pass in a
- * pre-allocated data structure. Useful for embedding @data inside
- * other structures, for instance.
+ * Like smp_call_function_single(), but the call is asynchonous and
+ * can thus be done from contexts with disabled interrupts.
+ *
+ * The caller passes his own pre-allocated data structure
+ * (ie: embedded in an object) and is responsible for synchronizing it
+ * such that the IPIs performed on the @csd are strictly serialized.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Be careful, there is unfortunately no current debugging facility to
+ * validate the correctness of this serialization.
*/
-int __smp_call_function_single(int cpu, struct call_single_data *csd)
+int smp_call_function_single_async(int cpu, struct call_single_data *csd)
{
int err = 0;
@@ -256,7 +263,7 @@ int __smp_call_function_single(int cpu, struct call_single_data *csd)
return err;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__smp_call_function_single);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smp_call_function_single_async);
/*
* smp_call_function_any - Run a function on any of the given cpus