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rcu: documentation 1Q09 update
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:55:57 +0000 (12:55 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:55:11 +0000 (15:55 -0700)
commit0612ea00a010e36fde61e7b7649a1105b0ef1080
tree3e543336430dafbd67237075954f9ce0ccab2e65tree | snapshot
parentbe50b8342dead8cacf57d4839240106b225d31f5commit | diff
rcu: documentation 1Q09 update

Update the RCU documentation to call out the need for callers of
primitives like call_rcu() and synchronize_rcu() to prevent subsequent RCU
readers from hazard.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt diff | blob | history
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