2016-10-18 04:54:48

by Pranith Kumar

Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo

deference should actually be dereference.

Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index 2044227..5cbd8b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
@@ -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
--
2.10.1

2016-10-18 07:43:44

by Josh Triplett

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:54:03AM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote:
> deference should actually be dereference.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <[email protected]>

Good catch.

Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>

> Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> index 2044227..5cbd8b2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> @@ -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
> --
> 2.10.1
>

2016-10-19 06:34:18

by Paul E. McKenney

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:43:24AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:54:03AM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote:
> > deference should actually be dereference.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <[email protected]>
>
> Good catch.
>
> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>

Applied, thank you both!

Thanx, Paul

> > Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> > index 2044227..5cbd8b2 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> > @@ -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
> > --
> > 2.10.1
> >
>