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Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo

PATCH Applied Pranith Kumar 3 participants 3 messages Oct 18, 2016 – Oct 19, 2016

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PATCH 1/1 Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo

deference should actually be dereference.

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 Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +1 -1
index 2044227..5cbd8b2 100644
@@ -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.

Good catch.

Quoted 19 lines
 Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +1 -1
index 2044227..5cbd8b2 100644
@@ -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
Signature · 1 line
2.10.1
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Quoted 8 lines · Josh Triplett
Quoted 3 lines · Pranith Kumar

deference should actually be dereference.

Good catch.

Applied, thank you both!

Thanx, Paul

Quoted 20 lines
Quoted 19 lines
 Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +1 -1
index 2044227..5cbd8b2 100644
@@ -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
Signature · 1 line
2.10.1