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Documentation updates for 4.12

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1/9doc: Synchronous RCU grace periods are now legal throughout bootDocumentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html+47 -342 replies
2/9doc: Add mid-boot operation to expedited grace periodsDocumentation/RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html+44 -30 replies
3/9doc: Update stallwarn.txt to make causes more prominentDocumentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt+100 -900 replies
4/9doc: Update RCU data-structure documentation for rcu_segcblistDocumentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/nxtlist.svg+156 -850 replies
5/9doc: Update requirements based on recent changesDocumentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html+94 -260 replies
6/9doc: Update rcu_assign_pointer() definition in whatisRCU.txtDocumentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt+15 -140 replies
7/9doc: Update the comparisons rule in rcu_dereference.txtDocumentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.txt+9 -00 replies
8/9doc: Emphasize that "toy" RCU requires recursive rwlockDocumentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt+3 -10 replies
9/9doc: Update control-dependencies section of memory-barriers.txtDocumentation/memory-barriers.txt+1 -10 replies

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Cover letter [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/9] Documentation updates for 4.12

Hello!

This series provides documentation updates:

1. Synchronous RCU grace periods are now legal throughout boot.

2. Add mid-boot operation to expedited grace periods.

3. Update stallwarn.txt to make causes more prominent.

4. Update RCU data-structure documentation for rcu_segcblist.
(Corresponding code changes are in the SRCU series.)

5. Update requirements based on recent changes.

6. doc: Update rcu_assign_pointer() definition in whatisRCU.txt.

7. Update the comparisons rule in rcu_dereference.txt, courtesy
of Michalis Kokologiannakis.

8. Emphasize that "toy" RCU requires recursive rwlock.

9. Update control-dependencies section of memory-barriers.txt,
courtesy of pierre Kuo.

Thanx, Paul

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 RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html                 |  207 ++++++----
 RCU/Design/Data-Structures/nxtlist.svg                          |   34 -
 RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html |   47 ++
 RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html                       |  201 ++++++---
 RCU/rcu_dereference.txt                                         |    9 
 RCU/stallwarn.txt                                               |  190 ++++-----
 RCU/whatisRCU.txt                                               |   33 -
 memory-barriers.txt                                             |    2 
 8 files changed, 469 insertions(+), 254 deletions(-)