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Currently there are two ways of identifying an empty ring-buffer. One relying on the current status of the commit / reader page (rb_per_cpu_empty()) and the other on the write and read counters (rb_num_of_entries() used in rb_get_reader_page()). with rb_num_of_entries(). This intends to ease later introduction of ring-buffer writers which are out of the kernel control and with whom, the only information available is through the meta-page counters. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250108114536.627715-2-vdonnefort@google.com Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.