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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>2024-10-15 09:11:12 -0700
committerFrederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>2024-11-12 15:45:12 +0100
commit768b1f87098a4a586353898b074989808b1b27ad (patch)
tree5a0088ed2087fa465928e4c9f61960eba6b2e57f /include/linux
parent6a2c0255e8a0fea7439bf395eb290f5734e3d345 (diff)
srcu: Improve srcu_read_lock_lite() kernel-doc comment
Where RCU is watching is where it is OK to invoke rcu_read_lock(). Reported-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/srcu.h3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h
index 4ba96e2cfa40..bab1dae3f69e 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcu.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcu.h
@@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ static inline int srcu_read_lock(struct srcu_struct *ssp) __acquires(ssp)
* synchronize_rcu_expedited(), IPIs and all.
*
* Note that srcu_read_lock_lite() can be invoked only from those contexts
- * where RCU is watching. Otherwise, lockdep will complain.
+ * where RCU is watching, that is, from contexts where it would be legal
+ * to invoke rcu_read_lock(). Otherwise, lockdep will complain.
*/
static inline int srcu_read_lock_lite(struct srcu_struct *ssp) __acquires(ssp)
{