Re: Question about usage of RCU in the input layer

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:23:56 -0700
Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Arjan,
> 
> On Wednesday 18 March 2009 21:58:12 Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > the input layer does a "synchronize_rcu()" after a
> > list_add_tail_rcu(), which is costing me 1 second of boot time.....
> > And based on my understanding of the RCU concept, you only need to
> > synchronize on delete, not on addition... so I think the
> > synchronize is entirely redundant here...
> 
> 
> It is there to guarantee that once we registered the handle all
> subsequent input events will be delivered through it.


afaik rcu already guarantees that even without a synchronize;
the only reason you would need a synchronize is to guarantee that
people STOPPED using your memory. Or am I now totally misunderstanding
RCU ?
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