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rcu: Add comment documenting rcu_callback_map's purpose

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The rcu_callback_map lockdep_map structure was added back in 2013, but
its purpose has become obscure.  This commit therefore documments that the
purpose of rcu_callback map is, in the words of commit 24ef659a85 ("rcu:
Provide better diagnostics for blocking in RCU callback functions"),
to help lockdep to tie an "inappropriate voluntary context switch back
to the fact that the function is being invoked from within a callback."

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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Paul E. McKenney 2020-05-03 19:16:09 -07:00
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commit f8466f9468
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@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ struct lockdep_map rcu_sched_lock_map = {
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_sched_lock_map);
// Tell lockdep when RCU callbacks are being invoked.
static struct lock_class_key rcu_callback_key;
struct lockdep_map rcu_callback_map =
STATIC_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT("rcu_callback", &rcu_callback_key);