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| author | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2020-08-06 14:15:47 +0300 |
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| committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2020-08-06 14:15:47 +0300 |
| commit | 94fb1afb14c4f0ceb8c5508ddddac6819f662e95 (patch) | |
| tree | 4988e5769dc7482caa7f441475ae31f50bbd37ef /Documentation/core-api/padata.rst | |
| parent | c4735d990268399da9133b0ad445e488ece009ad (diff) | |
| parent | 47ec5303d73ea344e84f46660fff693c57641386 (diff) | |
| download | linux-94fb1afb14c4f0ceb8c5508ddddac6819f662e95.tar.xz | |
Mgerge remote-tracking branch 'torvalds/master' into perf/core
To sync headers, for instance, in this case tools/perf was ahead of
upstream till Linus merged tip/perf/core to get the
PERF_RECORD_TEXT_POKE changes:
Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h'
diff -u tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/core-api/padata.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/padata.rst | 18 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/padata.rst b/Documentation/core-api/padata.rst index 0830e5b0e821..35175710b43c 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/padata.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/padata.rst @@ -27,22 +27,11 @@ padata_instance structure for overall control of how jobs are to be run:: #include <linux/padata.h> - struct padata_instance *padata_alloc_possible(const char *name); + struct padata_instance *padata_alloc(const char *name); 'name' simply identifies the instance. -There are functions for enabling and disabling the instance:: - - int padata_start(struct padata_instance *pinst); - void padata_stop(struct padata_instance *pinst); - -These functions are setting or clearing the "PADATA_INIT" flag; if that flag is -not set, other functions will refuse to work. padata_start() returns zero on -success (flag set) or -EINVAL if the padata cpumask contains no active CPU -(flag not set). padata_stop() clears the flag and blocks until the padata -instance is unused. - -Finally, complete padata initialization by allocating a padata_shell:: +Then, complete padata initialization by allocating a padata_shell:: struct padata_shell *padata_alloc_shell(struct padata_instance *pinst); @@ -155,11 +144,10 @@ submitted. Destroying ---------- -Cleaning up a padata instance predictably involves calling the three free +Cleaning up a padata instance predictably involves calling the two free functions that correspond to the allocation in reverse:: void padata_free_shell(struct padata_shell *ps); - void padata_stop(struct padata_instance *pinst); void padata_free(struct padata_instance *pinst); It is the user's responsibility to ensure all outstanding jobs are complete |