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The comment in srcu_readers_active_idx_check() following the smp_mb() is out of date, hailing from a simpler time when preemption was disabled across the bulk of __srcu_read_lock(). The fact that preemption was disabled meant that the number of tasks that had fetched the old index but not yet incremented counters was limited by the number of CPUs. In our more complex modern times, the number of CPUs is no longer a limit. This commit therefore updates this comment, additionally giving more memory-ordering detail. [ paulmck: Apply Nt->Nc feedback from Joel Fernandes. ] Reported-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Reported-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Reported-by: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@joelfernandes.org> Reported-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraj.iitr10@gmail.com> Reported-by: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.