I understand that multiple readers have to use rcu_read_lock(void) and rcu_read_unlock(void) to read data protected by rcu. However, I do not understand how the kernel distinguishes between multiple rcu protected regions.
For e.g. if a region/data is protected by a mutex or spinlock, then the code is something like:
int data;
mutex_t/spinlock_t lock;
print_data()
{
acquire(lock);
release(lock);
}
Here kernel can distinguish between different regions/data using different locks used to protect it. However, the rcu_read(un)lock() do not accept any lock as a parameter.
How does it manage under the hood?
-Thanks.
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