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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-04-03 09:50:14 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-04-03 09:50:14 -0700 |
| commit | 3e850509e19b4b013bf6aee7c0d24d047c4b968f (patch) | |
| tree | 3775fea2ac9ff910a79611915ae873a86e9efd79 /Documentation | |
| parent | a0e0404fb06164100991cacf8e055f6b30f87cc9 (diff) | |
| parent | edd4070f5d943b35e3e1a2e5e95e4a2eebb11d53 (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/rcu-doc-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/rcu-doc-2.6:
Doc: Fix spelling in RCU/rculist_nulls.txt.
Doc: Fix wrong API example usage of call_rcu().
Doc: Fix missing whitespaces in RCU documentation.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt | 4 |
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt index 1fd175368a8..4349c1487e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Following are the RCU equivalents for these two functions: list_for_each_entry(e, list, list) { if (!audit_compare_rule(rule, &e->rule)) { list_del_rcu(&e->list); - call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule, e); + call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule); return 0; } } @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ RCU ("read-copy update") its name. The RCU code is as follows: ne->rule.action = newaction; ne->rule.file_count = newfield_count; list_replace_rcu(e, ne); - call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule, e); + call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule); return 0; } } @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ flag under the spinlock as follows: list_del_rcu(&e->list); e->deleted = 1; spin_unlock(&e->lock); - call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule, e); + call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule); return 0; } } diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt index 95821a29ae4..7aa2002ade7 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ o I hear that RCU needs work in order to support realtime kernels? This work is largely completed. Realtime-friendly RCU can be enabled via the CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU kernel configuration parameter. However, work is in progress for enabling priority boosting of - preempted RCU read-side critical sections.This is needed if you + preempted RCU read-side critical sections. This is needed if you have CPU-bound realtime threads. o Where can I find more information on RCU? diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt index 239f542d48b..6389dec3345 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if (obj) { /* * Because a writer could delete object, and a writer could * reuse these object before the RCU grace period, we - * must check key after geting the reference on object + * must check key after getting the reference on object */ if (obj->key != key) { // not the object we expected put_ref(obj); @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ a race (some writer did a delete and/or a move of an object to another chain) checking the final 'nulls' value if the lookup met the end of chain. If final 'nulls' value is not the slot number, then we must restart the lookup at -the begining. If the object was moved to same chain, +the beginning. If the object was moved to the same chain, then the reader doesnt care : It might eventually scan the list again without harm. |