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@@ -450,10 +450,12 @@ static void __synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp, int trycount)
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* synchronize_srcu - wait for prior SRCU read-side critical-section completion
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* @sp: srcu_struct with which to synchronize.
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*
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- * Flip the completed counter, and wait for the old count to drain to zero.
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- * As with classic RCU, the updater must use some separate means of
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- * synchronizing concurrent updates. Can block; must be called from
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- * process context.
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+ * Wait for the count to drain to zero of both indexes. To avoid the
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+ * possible starvation of synchronize_srcu(), it waits for the count of
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+ * the index=((->completed & 1) ^ 1) to drain to zero at first,
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+ * and then flip the completed and wait for the count of the other index.
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+ *
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+ * Can block; must be called from process context.
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*
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* Note that it is illegal to call synchronize_srcu() from the corresponding
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* SRCU read-side critical section; doing so will result in deadlock.
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