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| From | "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/2] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo |
| Date | 2016-11-14 17:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sDsCd-12v-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <sDsCd-12v-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
From: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com> deference should actually be dereference. Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt index 204422719197..5cbd8b2395b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ rcu_dereference() The reader uses rcu_dereference() to fetch an RCU-protected pointer, which returns a value that may then be safely - dereferenced. Note that rcu_deference() does not actually + dereferenced. Note that rcu_dereference() does not actually dereference the pointer, instead, it protects the pointer for later dereferencing. It also executes any needed memory-barrier instructions for a given CPU architecture. Currently, only Alpha -- 2.5.2
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[PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/2] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-14 17:50 +0100
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