Re: [Xen-devel] rwlock and per-cpu rwlock recursive?

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 28.02.18 at 11:28, <julien.grall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looking at the implementation, I see recursion handling for 
> mm_write_lock but not for mm_read_lock. Can you confirm that only the 
> write lock can be taken recursively?

If by "write lock" you mean an arbitrary one, then the answer of
course is no. The mm write lock machinery adds recursiveness
around percpu_write_lock(). See e.g. _mm_write_lock().

Jan


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