On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> awake... How about the following instead?
>
> void set_nmi_callback(nmi_callback_t callback)
> {
> rcu_assign_pointer(nmi_callback, callback);
> }
>
> Similarly:
>
> void unset_nmi_callback(void)
> {
> rcu_assign_pointer(nmi_callback, dummy_nmi_callback);
> }
Great, more API coverage is always better.
> This, combined with the rcu_dereference() in do_nmi() seem to me to
> make the usage a lot more clear. If you agree, would you like to
> submit the patches, or should I?
You go ahead.
> > Thanks for elaborating, the examples certainly do help clarify usage.
>
> Glad they help, will clean them up (so that the examples use
> rcu_dereference() and rcu_assign_pointer()) and submit them!
Thanks,
Zwane
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