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Documentation updates for 4.5

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1/8documentation: Record RCU requirementsDocumentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/2013-08-is-it-dead.png Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/GPpartitionReaders1.svg Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/RCUApplicability.svg +4 more+6800 -00 replies
2/8Documentation: Record bottom-bit-zero guarantee for ->nextDocumentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.htmlx+86 -00 replies
3/8documentation: Cover requirements controlling stall warningsDocumentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.htmlx+48 -20 replies
4/8documentation: Composability analogiesDocumentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.htmlx+16 -00 replies
5/8documentation: Expand on scheduler/RCU deadlock requirementsDocumentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.htmlx+18 -100 replies
6/8documentation: Clarify RCU memory barriers and requirementsDocumentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.htmlx+78 -540 replies
7/8documentation: Update RCU requirements based on expedited changesDocumentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.htmlx+19 -30 replies
8/8Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: Fix ACCESS_ONCE thinkoDocumentation/memory-barriers.txt+4 -40 replies

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Cover letter [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 0/8] Documentation updates for 4.5

Hello!

This series contains documentation updates, perhaps most notably a first installment of RCU design documentation, which first appeared on LWN
(http://lwn.net/Articles/652156/, http://lwn.net/Articles/652677/, and
http://lwn.net/Articles/653326/). The individual patches are as follows:

1. Add RCU requirements design document.

2-7. Updates to the RCU requirements.

8. Fix memory-barrier.txt typo, courtesy of Chris Metcalf.

Changes since v1:

o Apply review feedback from Josh Triplett.

Thanx, Paul

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 RCU/Design/Requirements/RCUApplicability.svg    |  237 +
 RCU/Design/Requirements/ReadersPartitionGP1.svg |  639 +++++
 RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html       | 2967 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.htmlx      | 2809 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 RCU/Design/htmlqqz.sh                           |  108 
 memory-barriers.txt                             |    8 
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