rcu_barrier(9)

rcu_barrier9

Wait until all in-flight call_rcu callbacks complete.

Usage

void rcu_barrier(void);

Arguments

void

no arguments

Overview

Note that this primitive does not necessarily wait for an RCU grace period to complete. For example, if there are no RCU callbacks queued anywhere in the system, then rcu_barrier is within its rights to return immediately, without waiting for anything, much less an RCU grace period.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 8

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.