From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S967224AbdEYWQ2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2017 18:16:28 -0400 Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:57826 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S943044AbdEYWAN (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2017 18:00:13 -0400 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, bobby.prani@gmail.com, "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 47/88] rcu: Flag need for rcu_node_tree.h and rcu_segcblist.h visibility Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 14:59:20 -0700 X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.2 In-Reply-To: <20170525215934.GA11578@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20170525215934.GA11578@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 17052522-0052-0000-0000-0000020B33C2 X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00007117; HX=3.00000241; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000212; SDB=6.00865574; UDB=6.00429834; IPR=6.00645396; BA=6.00005375; NDR=6.00000001; ZLA=6.00000005; ZF=6.00000009; ZB=6.00000000; ZP=6.00000000; ZH=6.00000000; ZU=6.00000002; MB=3.00015583; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2017-05-25 22:00:10 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 17052522-0053-0000-0000-000050B6806C Message-Id: <1495749601-21574-47-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2017-05-25_17:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=1 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1703280000 definitions=main-1705250401 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The rcu_node_tree.h and rcu_segcblist.h header files in the include/linux directory might appear at first sight to be internal to the RCU implementation. However, the definitions in these files are needed to determine the size of TREE SRCU's srcu_struct structure, so they must be externally visible, which is why they live in include/linux. This commit adds comments to this effect to those files. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- include/linux/rcu_node_tree.h | 4 ++++ include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/rcu_node_tree.h b/include/linux/rcu_node_tree.h index 4b766b61e1a0..426cee67f0e2 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcu_node_tree.h +++ b/include/linux/rcu_node_tree.h @@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ * unlimited scalability while maintaining a constant level of contention * on the root node. * + * This seemingly RCU-private file must be available to SRCU users + * because the size of the TREE SRCU srcu_struct structure depends + * on these definitions. + * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or diff --git a/include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h b/include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h index ba4d2621d9ca..c3ad00e63556 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h +++ b/include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@ /* * RCU segmented callback lists * + * This seemingly RCU-private file must be available to SRCU users + * because the size of the TREE SRCU srcu_struct structure depends + * on these definitions. + * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or -- 2.5.2