lib/ovs-rcu.h had some of the comments duplicated.
Add ovsrcu_init() that can be used like ovsrcu_set() when the RCU
protected pointer is not yet visible any readers.
ovs-rcu internal initialization function is renamed as ovsrcu_init_module().
Signed-off-by: Jarno Rajahalme <jrajahalme@nicira.com>
Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Otherwise ovsrcu_synchronize() busy-waits in its loop because its
poll_block() un-quiesces, causing the global_seqno to increase, which is
what it waits for.
Reported-by: Alex Wang <alexw@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Acked-by: Alex Wang <alexw@nicira.com>
RCU allows multiple threads to read objects in parallel without any
performance penalty. The following commit will introduce the first use.
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Acked-by: Andy Zhou <azhou@nicira.com>
