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[PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/2] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo

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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

#1521840 — [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/2] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo

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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