]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/kernel/stable.git/commit
docs: Improve discussion of this_cpu_ptr(), add raw_cpu_ptr()
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Wed, 8 Jan 2025 21:37:17 +0000 (13:37 -0800)
committerBoqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Wed, 5 Feb 2025 05:50:06 +0000 (21:50 -0800)
commitdf0cee43114bd212e3fc9add2a18639605049b95
tree9cbddffbf13c16c310dc9eb0aec4d44d66b6e4d9
parentbea1d19f03644b0eb7ac0b7d96f79a3af13f196b
docs: Improve discussion of this_cpu_ptr(), add raw_cpu_ptr()

Most of the this_cpu_*() operations may be used in preemptible code,
but not this_cpu_ptr(), and for good reasons.  Therefore, better explain
the reasons and call out raw_cpu_ptr() as an alternative in certain very
special cases.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Documentation/core-api/this_cpu_ops.rst