@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ Quick Quiz #1:
Is there any other situation where rcu_barrier() might
be required?
-Answer: Interestingly enough, rcu_barrier() was not originally
+Answer:
+ Interestingly enough, rcu_barrier() was not originally
implemented for module unloading. Nikita Danilov was using
RCU in a filesystem, which resulted in a similar situation at
filesystem-unmount time. Dipankar Sarma coded up rcu_barrier()
@@ -315,7 +316,8 @@ Quick Quiz #2:
Why doesn't line 8 initialize rcu_barrier_cpu_count to zero,
thereby avoiding the need for lines 9 and 10?
-Answer: Suppose that the on_each_cpu() function shown on line 8 was
+Answer:
+ Suppose that the on_each_cpu() function shown on line 8 was
delayed, so that CPU 0's rcu_barrier_func() executed and
the corresponding grace period elapsed, all before CPU 1's
rcu_barrier_func() started executing. This would result in
@@ -351,7 +353,8 @@ Quick Quiz #3:
are delayed for a full grace period? Couldn't this result in
rcu_barrier() returning prematurely?
-Answer: This cannot happen. The reason is that on_each_cpu() has its last
+Answer:
+ This cannot happen. The reason is that on_each_cpu() has its last
argument, the wait flag, set to "1". This flag is passed through
to smp_call_function() and further to smp_call_function_on_cpu(),
causing this latter to spin until the cross-CPU invocation of