X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=2687382e2bc785ac9db704f4f01aea2eab7ce18e;hb=455b809af97338c959280aee24a36699c4a947b5;hp=b3839e1a614a134c4960cc96824cefca83078d69;hpb=fdf01eeda9f634a32db3fc90cd342da08d7a259d;p=urcu.git diff --git a/README b/README index b3839e1..2687382 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ Usage of liburcu-mb Usage of liburcu-signal - * #include + * #include + * Compile any _LGPL_SOURCE code using this library with "-DRCU_SIGNAL". * Link the application with "-lurcu-signal". * Version of the library that requires a signal, typically SIGUSR1. Can be overridden with -DSIGRCU by modifying Makefile.build.inc. @@ -146,6 +147,14 @@ Being careful with signals rcu_quiescent_state() calls, when threads are put offline and around calls to synchronize_rcu(). Even then, we do not recommend it. +Interaction with mutexes + + One must be careful to do not cause deadlocks due to interaction of + synchronize_rcu() and RCU read-side with mutexes. If synchronize_rcu() + is called with a mutex held, this mutex (or any mutex which has this + mutex in its dependency chain) should not be acquired from within a RCU + read-side critical section. + Usage of DEBUG_RCU DEBUG_RCU is used to add internal debugging self-checks to the