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Revision 559cf710b07c5e2cfa3fb8d8f4a1320fd84c53f9 authored by Vlad Yasevich on 16 September 2007, 23:03:28 UTC, committed by David S. Miller on 16 September 2007, 23:03:28 UTC
Since the sctp_sockaddr_entry is now RCU enabled as part of the patch to synchronize sctp_localaddr_list, it makes sense to change all handling of these entries to RCU. This includes the sctp_bind_addrs structure and it's list of bound addresses. This list is currently protected by an external rw_lock and that looks like an overkill. There are only 2 writers to the list: bind()/bindx() calls, and BH processing of ASCONF-ACK chunks. These are already seriealized via the socket lock, so they will not step on each other. These are also relatively rare, so we should be good with RCU. The readers are varied and they are easily converted to RCU. Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Sridhar Samdurala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Tip revision: 559cf710b07c5e2cfa3fb8d8f4a1320fd84c53f9 authored by Vlad Yasevich on 16 September 2007, 23:03:28 UTC
[SCTP]: Convert bind_addr_list locking to RCU
[SCTP]: Convert bind_addr_list locking to RCU
Tip revision: 559cf71
IRQ.txt
What is an IRQ?
An IRQ is an interrupt request from a device.
Currently they can come in over a pin, or over a packet.
Several devices may be connected to the same pin thus
sharing an IRQ.
An IRQ number is a kernel identifier used to talk about a hardware
interrupt source. Typically this is an index into the global irq_desc
array, but except for what linux/interrupt.h implements the details
are architecture specific.
An IRQ number is an enumeration of the possible interrupt sources on a
machine. Typically what is enumerated is the number of input pins on
all of the interrupt controller in the system. In the case of ISA
what is enumerated are the 16 input pins on the two i8259 interrupt
controllers.
Architectures can assign additional meaning to the IRQ numbers, and
are encouraged to in the case where there is any manual configuration
of the hardware involved. The ISA IRQs are a classic example of
assigning this kind of additional meaning.
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