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Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 16:26:41 -0400
From: Keenan Pepper <keenanpepper@gmail.com>
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Subject: synchronize_rcu vs. rcu_barrier
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What's the difference between synchronize_rcu() and rcu_barrier() (new function 
used only by reiser4 code)? From the scant documentation it seems like they do 
the same thing.

Keenan