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percpu_ref internally uses sched-RCU to implement the percpu -> atomic mode switching and the documentation suggested that this could be depended upon. This doesn't seem like a good idea. * percpu_ref uses sched-RCU which has different grace periods regular RCU. Users may combine percpu_ref with regular RCU usage and incorrectly believe that regular RCU grace periods are performed by percpu_ref. This can lead to, for example, use-after-free due to premature freeing. * percpu_ref has a grace period when switching from percpu to atomic mode. It doesn't have one between the last put and release. This distinction is subtle and can lead to surprising bugs. * percpu_ref allows starting in and switching to atomic mode manually for debugging and other purposes. This means that there may not be any grace periods from kill to release. This patch makes it clear that the grace periods are percpu_ref's internal implementation detail and can't be depended upon by the users. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> |
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README
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.