linux-stable/Documentation/RCU
Paul E. McKenney fb60e533be rcu: Rename rcu_process_callbacks() to rcu_core() for Tree RCU
Although the name rcu_process_callbacks() still makes sense for Tiny
RCU, where most of what it does is invoke callbacks, it no longer makes
much sense for Tree RCU, especially given that the actually callback
invocation is relegated to rcu_do_batch(), or, for no-CBs CPUs, to the
rcuo kthreads.  Especially in the latter case, rcu_process_callbacks()
has very little to do with actual callbacks.  A better description of
this function is that it performs RCU's core processing.

This commit therefore changes the name of Tree RCU's rcu_process_callbacks()
function to rcu_core(), which also has the virtue of being consistent with
the existing invoke_rcu_core() function.

While in the area, the header comment is reworked.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25 15:35:22 -08:00
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Design rcu: Rename rcu_process_callbacks() to rcu_core() for Tree RCU 2019-01-25 15:35:22 -08:00
arrayRCU.txt documentation: RCU-protected array indexes no longer supported 2015-05-27 12:56:17 -07:00
checklist.txt doc: rcu: Encourage use of rcu_barrier in checklist 2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00
listRCU.txt rcu: Update docs to include kfree_rcu() 2012-11-08 11:44:25 -08:00
lockdep-splat.txt kthread: kthread worker API cleanup 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
lockdep.txt documentation: RCU-protected array indexes no longer supported 2015-05-27 12:56:17 -07:00
NMI-RCU.txt rcu: Fix RCU's NMI documentation 2011-09-28 21:36:44 -07:00
rcu.txt Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
rcu_dereference.txt doc: De-emphasize smp_read_barrier_depends 2017-12-05 11:57:53 -08:00
rcubarrier.txt doc: Update RCU documentation 2017-08-17 07:29:48 -07:00
rculist_nulls.txt mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2017-04-18 11:42:36 -07:00
rcuref.txt documentation: Add pointer to percpu-ref for RCU and refcount 2014-07-08 08:32:56 -07:00
RTFP.txt Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
stallwarn.txt rcu: Discard separate per-CPU callback counts 2019-01-25 15:28:30 -08:00
torture.txt doc: Update RCU documentation 2017-08-17 07:29:48 -07:00
UP.txt rcu: Add synchronize_sched_expedited() rcutorture doc + updates 2009-07-03 10:02:29 +02:00
whatisRCU.txt doc: Make reader aware of rcu_dereference_protected 2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00