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doc: Use rcu_barrier() to rate-limit RCU callbacks

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The checklist.rst document advises periodic synchronize_rcu() invocations
to prevent callback flooding.  However, rcu_barrier() is often a better
choice.  This commit therefore adds words to this effect.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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@ -305,7 +305,8 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
the machine.
d. Periodically invoke synchronize_rcu(), permitting a limited
number of updates per grace period.
number of updates per grace period. Better yet, periodically
invoke rcu_barrier() to wait for all outstanding callbacks.
The same cautions apply to call_srcu() and kfree_rcu().