Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo
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PATCH 1/1 Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo
deference should actually be dereference.
Signed-off-by Pranith Kumar <[email protected]>
--- Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +1 -1
@@ -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
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Quoted 3 lines · Pranith Kumar
deference should actually be dereference.
Signed-off-by Pranith Kumar <[email protected]>
Good catch.
Reviewed-by Josh Triplett <[email protected]>
Quoted 19 lines
Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +1
-1@@ -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 AlphaSignature · 1 line
2.10.1
Paul E. McKenney
AppliedQuoted 8 lines · Josh Triplett
Quoted 3 lines · Pranith Kumar
deference should actually be dereference.
Signed-off-by Pranith Kumar <[email protected]>Good catch.
Reviewed-by Josh Triplett <[email protected]>
Applied, thank you both!
Thanx, Paul
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Quoted 19 lines
Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +1
-1@@ -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 AlphaSignature · 1 line
2.10.1