On Tue, 2018-01-23 at 08:21 -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> /*
> * init_rcu_head_on_stack()/destroy_rcu_head_on_stack() are needed for dynamic
> * initialization and destruction of rcu_head on the stack. rcu_head structures
> * allocated dynamically in the heap or defined statically don't need any
> * initialization.
> */
>
> The commit that introduced init_rcu_head is
> 546a9d8519ed137b2804a3f5a3659003039dd49c which suggests it exists only
> to help the slab allocators, although curiously the allocators never
> call it these days..
>
> Maybe Paul can confirm?
It would be great if Paul could provide feedback. The comment in
include/linux/rcupdate.h seems to contradict the following paragraph from
Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html for statically
allocated objects:
The corresponding <tt>rcu_head</tt> structures that are
dynamically allocated are automatically tracked, but
<tt>rcu_head</tt> structures allocated on the stack
must be initialized with <tt>init_rcu_head_on_stack()</tt>
and cleaned up with <tt>destroy_rcu_head_on_stack()</tt>.
Similarly, statically allocated non-stack <tt>rcu_head</tt>
structures must be initialized with <tt>init_rcu_head()</tt>
and cleaned up with <tt>destroy_rcu_head()</tt>.
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