This commit adds a sentence to the srcu_down_read() function's kernel-doc
header noting that it is permissible to use srcu_down_read() and
srcu_read_lock() on the same srcu_struct, even concurrently.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/srcu.h | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h
index a0df80baaccf..317eab82a5f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcu.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcu.h
@@ -359,7 +359,8 @@ srcu_read_lock_notrace(struct srcu_struct *ssp) __acquires(ssp)
* srcu_down_read() nor srcu_up_read() may be invoked from an NMI handler.
*
* Calls to srcu_down_read() may be nested, similar to the manner in
- * which calls to down_read() may be nested.
+ * which calls to down_read() may be nested. The same srcu_struct may be
+ * used concurrently by srcu_down_read() and srcu_read_lock().
*/
static inline int srcu_down_read(struct srcu_struct *ssp) __acquires(ssp)
{
--
2.40.1
