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Paul E. McKenney
b33994ef22 doc: Update rcu_dereference.rst
This commit updates rcu_dereference.rst to reflect RCU additions and
changes over the past few years

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2023-01-03 17:27:37 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney
022d1b356c doc: Update rcu_access_pointer() advice in rcu_dereference.rst
This commit updates the rcu_access_pointer() advice, noting that its
return value should not be assigned to a local variable, and also noting
that there is little point in using rcu_access_pointer() within an RCU
read-side critical section.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2022-08-31 04:58:15 -07:00
Akira Yokosawa
e3879ecd36 Documentation/RCU: Fix emphasis markers
"-foo-" does not work as emphasis in ReST markdown.
Use "*foo*" instead.

Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-07-20 13:36:33 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
86b5a7381b doc: Present the role of READ_ONCE()
This commit adds an explanation of the special cases where READ_ONCE()
may be used in place of a member of the rcu_dereference() family.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-11-02 17:07:15 -08:00
Amol Grover
b00aedf978 doc: Convert to rcu_dereference.txt to rcu_dereference.rst
This patch converts rcu_dereference.txt to rcu_dereference.rst and
adds it to index.rst

Signed-off-by: Amol Grover <frextrite@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2019-12-10 18:51:53 -08:00