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| From | "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo |
| Date | 2016-10-19 08:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <stSHD-5Ix-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <stuFj-5rr-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <stxjQ-778-29@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:43:24AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:54:03AM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote: > > deference should actually be dereference. > > > > Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com> > > Good catch. > > Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Applied, thank you both! Thanx, Paul > > 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 2044227..5cbd8b2 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 > > -- > > 2.10.1 > > >
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[PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com> - 2016-10-18 07:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2016-10-18 09:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-10-19 08:40 +0200
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