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srcu: Document that srcu_{read_lock,down_read}() can share srcu_struct
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This commit adds a sentence to the srcu_down_read() function's kernel-doc
header noting that it is permissible to use srcu_down_read() and
srcu_read_lock() on the same srcu_struct, even concurrently.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
Cc: <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
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Paul E. McKenney authored and Boqun Feng committed Feb 5, 2025
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Expand Up @@ -359,7 +359,8 @@ srcu_read_lock_notrace(struct srcu_struct *ssp) __acquires(ssp)
* srcu_down_read() nor srcu_up_read() may be invoked from an NMI handler.
*
* Calls to srcu_down_read() may be nested, similar to the manner in
* which calls to down_read() may be nested.
* which calls to down_read() may be nested. The same srcu_struct may be
* used concurrently by srcu_down_read() and srcu_read_lock().
*/
static inline int srcu_down_read(struct srcu_struct *ssp) __acquires(ssp)
{
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