Any characterization for commutative rings over which "projective modules" equal "free modules"?

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As far as I know, over any PID, an polynomial rings over a field, or an local ring, projective modules are always free.

This kind of results make me curious about if there are any overall characterization of a commutative ring $R$ such that all projective $R$-modules are free.

Does anyone have some thoughts on it? Any idea will be appreciated.