diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/include/linux/rcupdate.h tmp/include/linux/rcupdate.h
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/include/linux/rcupdate.h	Thu Jan  1 10:00:00 1970
+++ tmp/include/linux/rcupdate.h	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_RCUPDATE_H
+#define _LINUX_RCUPDATE_H
+/* Read-Copy-Update For Linux. (c) 2001 Rusty Russell. */
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/tqueue.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+struct rcu_head
+{
+	struct rcu_head *next;
+	void (*func)(void *data);
+	void *data;
+};
+
+/* Count of pending requests: for optimization in schedule() */
+extern atomic_t rcu_pending;
+static inline int is_rcu_pending(void)
+{
+	return atomic_read(&rcu_pending) != 0;
+}
+
+/* Wait for every CPU to have moved on.  Sleeps. */
+void synchronize_kernel(void);
+
+/* Queues future request: may sleep on UP if func doesn't sleep... */
+void call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(void *data), void *data);
+
+#else /* !SMP */
+
+#define is_rcu_pending() 0
+
+static inline void synchronize_kernel(void)
+{
+}
+
+/* Call immediately for UP */
+#define call_rcu(head, func, data) (func(data))
+#endif /*CONFIG_SMP*/
+
+/* Called by schedule() when batch reference count drops to zero. */
+void rcu_batch_done(void);
+#endif
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c tmp/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c	Mon Oct  1 05:26:08 2001
+++ tmp/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/console.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/reg.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -85,7 +86,8 @@
 		   get into the scheduler unnecessarily.  */
 		long oldval = xchg(&current->need_resched, -1UL);
 		if (!oldval)
-			while (current->need_resched < 0);
+			while (current->need_resched < 0
+				&& !is_rcu_pending());
 		schedule();
 		check_pgt_cache();
 	}
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/arm/kernel/process.c tmp/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/arm/kernel/process.c	Mon Oct  1 05:26:08 2001
+++ tmp/arch/arm/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@
 		if (!idle)
 			idle = arch_idle;
 		leds_event(led_idle_start);
-		while (!current->need_resched)
+		while (!current->need_resched && !is_rcu_pending())
 			idle();
 		leds_event(led_idle_end);
 		schedule();
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/i386/kernel/apm.c tmp/arch/i386/kernel/apm.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/i386/kernel/apm.c	Thu Nov 22 18:18:11 2001
+++ tmp/arch/i386/kernel/apm.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@
 #include <linux/pm.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -1342,7 +1343,7 @@
  * decide if we should just power down.
  *
  */
-#define system_idle() (nr_running == 1)
+#define system_idle() (nr_running == 1 && !is_rcu_pending())
 
 static void apm_mainloop(void)
 {
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/i386/kernel/process.c tmp/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/i386/kernel/process.c	Fri Oct  5 11:42:54 2001
+++ tmp/arch/i386/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@
 {
 	if (current_cpu_data.hlt_works_ok && !hlt_counter) {
 		__cli();
-		if (!current->need_resched)
+		if (!current->need_resched && !is_rcu_pending())
 			safe_halt();
 		else
 			__sti();
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@
 		void (*idle)(void) = pm_idle;
 		if (!idle)
 			idle = default_idle;
-		while (!current->need_resched)
+		while (!current->need_resched && !is_rcu_pending())
 			idle();
 		schedule();
 		check_pgt_cache();
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c tmp/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:18:11 2001
+++ tmp/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/delay.h>
 #include <asm/efi.h>
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@
 		if (!current->need_resched)
 			min_xtp();
 #endif
-		while (!current->need_resched)
+		while (!current->need_resched && !is_rcu_pending())
 			continue;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 		normal_xtp();
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/mips/kernel/process.c tmp/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/mips/kernel/process.c	Mon Sep 10 03:43:01 2001
+++ tmp/arch/mips/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/sys.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
 #include <linux/a.out.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 	init_idle();
 
 	while (1) {
-		while (!current->need_resched)
+		while (!current->need_resched && !is_rcu_pending())
 			if (cpu_wait)
 				(*cpu_wait)();
 		schedule();
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/mips64/kernel/process.c tmp/arch/mips64/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/mips64/kernel/process.c	Sat Feb 10 06:29:44 2001
+++ tmp/arch/mips64/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/sys.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
 #include <linux/a.out.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
 	current->nice = 20;
 	current->counter = -100;
 	while (1) {
-		while (!current->need_resched)
+		while (!current->need_resched && !is_rcu_pending())
 			if (wait_available)
 				__asm__("wait");
 		schedule();
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c tmp/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c	Sat Feb 10 06:29:44 2001
+++ tmp/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/machdep.h>
 #include <asm/offset.h>
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@
 	current->counter = -100;
 
 	while (1) {
-		while (!current->need_resched) {
+		while (!current->need_resched && !is_rcu_pending()) {
 		}
 		schedule();
 		check_pgt_cache();
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/ppc/kernel/idle.c tmp/arch/ppc/kernel/idle.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/ppc/kernel/idle.c	Tue Nov  6 11:41:28 2001
+++ tmp/arch/ppc/kernel/idle.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@
 		if (do_power_save && !current->need_resched)
 			power_save();
 
-		if (current->need_resched) {
+		if (current->need_resched || is_rcu_pending()) {
 			schedule();
 			check_pgt_cache();
 		}
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/s390/kernel/process.c tmp/arch/s390/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/s390/kernel/process.c	Fri Oct 12 02:04:57 2001
+++ tmp/arch/s390/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@
 	wait_psw.mask = _WAIT_PSW_MASK;
 	wait_psw.addr = (unsigned long) &&idle_wakeup | 0x80000000L;
 	while(1) {
-                if (current->need_resched) {
+                if (current->need_resched || is_rcu_pending()) {
                         schedule();
                         check_pgt_cache();
                         continue;
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/s390x/kernel/process.c tmp/arch/s390x/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/s390x/kernel/process.c	Fri Oct 12 02:04:57 2001
+++ tmp/arch/s390x/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@
 	wait_psw.mask = _WAIT_PSW_MASK;
 	wait_psw.addr = (unsigned long) &&idle_wakeup;
 	while(1) {
-                if (current->need_resched) {
+                if (current->need_resched || is_rcu_pending()) {
                         schedule();
                         check_pgt_cache();
                         continue;
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/sh/kernel/process.c tmp/arch/sh/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/sh/kernel/process.c	Tue Oct 16 06:36:48 2001
+++ tmp/arch/sh/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
 				break;
 		} else {
 			__cli();
-			while (!current->need_resched) {
+			while (!current->need_resched && !is_rcu_pending()) {
 				__sti();
 				asm volatile("sleep" : : : "memory");
 				__cli();
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c tmp/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:18:12 2001
+++ tmp/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/auxio.h>
 #include <asm/oplib.h>
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@
 	init_idle();
 
 	while(1) {
-		if(current->need_resched) {
+		if(current->need_resched || is_rcu_pending()) {
 			schedule();
 			check_pgt_cache();
 		}
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c tmp/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c	Mon Oct 22 03:36:54 2001
+++ tmp/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/config.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/oplib.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@
 	init_idle();
 
 	while(1) {
-		if (current->need_resched != 0) {
+		if (current->need_resched != 0 || is_rcu_pending()) {
 			unidle_me();
 			schedule();
 			check_pgt_cache();
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/kernel/Makefile tmp/kernel/Makefile
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/kernel/Makefile	Mon Sep 17 14:22:40 2001
+++ tmp/kernel/Makefile	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 O_TARGET := kernel.o
 
-export-objs = signal.o sys.o kmod.o context.o ksyms.o pm.o exec_domain.o printk.o
+export-objs = signal.o sys.o kmod.o context.o ksyms.o pm.o exec_domain.o printk.o rcupdate.o
 
 obj-y     = sched.o dma.o fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o printk.o \
 	    module.o exit.o itimer.o info.o time.o softirq.o resource.o \
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_UID16) += uid16.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += ksyms.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM) += pm.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += rcupdate.o
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_IA64),y)
 # According to Alan Modra <a...@linuxcare.com.au>, the -fno-omit-frame-pointer is
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/kernel/rcupdate.c tmp/kernel/rcupdate.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/kernel/rcupdate.c	Thu Jan  1 10:00:00 1970
+++ tmp/kernel/rcupdate.c	Thu Nov 22 18:25:25 2001
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/* Read-Copy-Update For Linux.
+   Copyright (C) 2001 Rusty Russell.
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+      Concept stolen from original Read Copy Update paper:
+
+   http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/rclock/intro/rclock_intro.html and
+   http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/paper/rclockpdcsproof.pdf
+
+      Or the OLS paper:
+
+   http://lse.sourceforge.net/locking/rclock_OLS.2001.05.01c.sc.pdf
+*/
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/threads.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
+
+/* Count of pending requests: for optimization in schedule() */
+atomic_t rcu_pending = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+/* Two batches per CPU : one (pending) is an internal queue of waiting
+   requests, being prepended to as new requests come in.  The other
+   (rcu_waiting) is waiting completion of schedule()s on all CPUs. */
+struct rcu_batch
+{
+	/* Two sets of queues: one queueing, one waiting quiescent finish */
+	int queueing;
+	/* Three queues: hard interrupt, soft interrupt, neither */
+	struct rcu_head *head[2][3];
+} __attribute__((__aligned__(SMP_CACHE_BYTES)));
+
+static struct rcu_batch rcu_batch[NR_CPUS];
+
+void call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(void *data), void *data)
+{
+	unsigned cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	unsigned state;
+	struct rcu_head **headp;
+
+	head->func = func;
+	head->data = data;
+	if (in_interrupt()) {
+		if (in_irq()) state = 2;
+		else state = 1;
+	} else state = 0;
+
+	/* Figure out which queue we're on. */
+	headp = &rcu_batch[cpu].head[rcu_batch[cpu].queueing][state];
+
+	atomic_inc(&rcu_pending);
+	/* Prepend to this CPU's list: no locks needed. */
+	head->next = *headp;
+	*headp = head;
+}
+
+/* Calls every callback in the waiting rcu batch. */
+void rcu_batch_done(void)
+{
+	struct rcu_head *i, *next;
+	struct rcu_batch *mybatch;
+	unsigned int q;
+
+	mybatch = &rcu_batch[smp_processor_id()];
+	/* Call callbacks: probably delete themselves, may schedule. */
+	for (q = 0; q < 3; q++) {
+		for (i = mybatch->head[!mybatch->queueing][q]; i; i = next) {
+			next = i->next;
+			i->func(i->data);
+			atomic_dec(&rcu_pending);
+		}
+		mybatch->head[!mybatch->queueing][q] = NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Start queueing on this batch. */
+	mybatch->queueing = !mybatch->queueing;
+}
+
+/* Because of FASTCALL declaration of complete, we use this wrapper */
+static void wakeme_after_rcu(void *completion)
+{
+	complete(completion);
+}
+
+void synchronize_kernel(void)
+{
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
+	struct completion completion;
+
+	/* Will wake me after RCU finished */
+	call_rcu(&rcu, wakeme_after_rcu, &completion);
+
+	/* Wait for it */
+	wait_for_completion(&completion);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(synchronize_kernel);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_rcu);
diff -urN -I \$.*\$ --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.4.15-pre9/kernel/sched.c tmp/kernel/sched.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre9/kernel/sched.c	Thu Nov 22 18:18:54 2001
+++ tmp/kernel/sched.c	Thu Nov 22 18:29:08 2001
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
@@ -102,12 +103,15 @@
 	struct schedule_data {
 		struct task_struct * curr;
 		cycles_t last_schedule;
+		int ring_count, finished_count;
 	} schedule_data;
 	char __pad [SMP_CACHE_BYTES];
-} aligned_data [NR_CPUS] __cacheline_aligned = { {{&init_task,0}}};
+} aligned_data [NR_CPUS] __cacheline_aligned = { {{&init_task,0,0,0}}};
 
 #define cpu_curr(cpu) aligned_data[(cpu)].schedule_data.curr
 #define last_schedule(cpu) aligned_data[(cpu)].schedule_data.last_schedule
+#define ring_count(cpu) aligned_data[(cpu)].schedule_data.ring_count
+#define finished_count(cpu) aligned_data[(cpu)].schedule_data.finished_count
 
 struct kernel_stat kstat;
 extern struct task_struct *child_reaper;
@@ -552,6 +556,22 @@
 	}
 
 	release_kernel_lock(prev, this_cpu);
+
+	if (unlikely(is_rcu_pending())) {
+		/* Avoid cache line effects if value hasn't changed */
+		c = ring_count((this_cpu + 1) % smp_num_cpus) + 1;
+		if (c != ring_count(this_cpu)) {
+			/* Do subtraction to avoid int wrap corner case */
+			if (c - finished_count(this_cpu) >= 0) {
+				/* Avoid reentry: temporarily set finish_count
+				   far in the future */
+				finished_count(this_cpu) = c + INT_MAX;
+				rcu_batch_done();
+				finished_count(this_cpu) = c + smp_num_cpus;
+			}
+			ring_count(this_cpu) = c;
+		}
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * 'sched_data' is protected by the fact that we can run