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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-04-03 09:50:14 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-04-03 09:50:14 -0700
commit3e850509e19b4b013bf6aee7c0d24d047c4b968f (patch)
tree3775fea2ac9ff910a79611915ae873a86e9efd79 /Documentation
parenta0e0404fb06164100991cacf8e055f6b30f87cc9 (diff)
parentedd4070f5d943b35e3e1a2e5e95e4a2eebb11d53 (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.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt4
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.