rcu_read_unlock() by the end of execution of the workqueue item, and of synchronize_rcu() by flush_workqueue()/flush_work(). In the future we might need to apply some gcc attribute or sparse annotation to the function passed to INIT_WORK(). Paul's ack below is for this RCU usage. (Includes fixes by Alan Cox , David L Stevens , Chris Wright ) Acked-by: Rusty Russell Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann Acked-by: "Paul E. McKenney" Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Signed-off-by: David S. Miller *K$x