Commit 6d225aaf authored by Paul McKenney's avatar Paul McKenney Committed by Facebook Github Bot

Add documentation header for Folly::synchronize_rcu and Folly::rcu_barrier (#1306)

Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/folly/pull/1306

The current documentation for Folly::synchronize_rcu and Folly::rcu_barrier is lacking, this commit adds comment headers.

Reviewed By: magedm

Differential Revision: D18618910

fbshipit-source-id: 39e18d52b2380234ec6f33a1ec220acc97abdd50
parent 62852d03
......@@ -469,12 +469,29 @@ inline void swap(
a.swap(b);
}
// Waits for all pre-existing RCU readers to complete.
// RCU readers will normally be marked using the RAII interface rcu_reader,
// as in folly::rcu_reader rcuGuard.
//
// Note that synchronize_rcu is not obligated to wait for RCU readers that
// start after synchronize_rcu starts. Note also that holding a lock across
// synchronize_rcu that is acquired by any deleter (as in is passed to
// rcu_retire, retire, or call) will result in deadlock. Note that such
// deadlock will normally only occur with user-written deleters, as in the
// default of delele will normally be immune to such deadlocks.
template <typename Tag = RcuTag>
inline void synchronize_rcu(
rcu_domain<Tag>* domain = rcu_default_domain()) noexcept {
domain->synchronize();
}
// Waits for all in-flight deleters to complete.
//
// An in-flight deleter is one that has already been passed to rcu_retire,
// retire, or call. In other words, rcu_barrier is not obligated to wait
// on any deleters passed to later calls to rcu_retire, retire, or call.
//
// And yes, the current implementation is buggy, and will be fixed.
template <typename Tag = RcuTag>
inline void rcu_barrier(
rcu_domain<Tag>* domain = rcu_default_domain()) noexcept {
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