rcu/spinlocks

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Hi,
  As a replacement for brlocks, rcu/spinlocks are
being used. For write locking spin_(un)lock_bh() are
used but for read locking, whereas for read locking
rcu_read_(un)lock() is used. Can some one tell me how
this works?

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Regards,
Kiran Kumar Immidi

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