Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758259AbcJREys (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:54:48 -0400 Received: from mail-yw0-f193.google.com ([209.85.161.193]:35700 "EHLO mail-yw0-f193.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754614AbcJREyj (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:54:39 -0400 From: Pranith Kumar To: "Paul E. McKenney" , Josh Triplett , Steven Rostedt , Mathieu Desnoyers , Lai Jiangshan , Jonathan Corbet , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list:READ-COPY UPDATE (RCU)), linux-doc@vger.kernel.org (open list:DOCUMENTATION) Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:54:03 -0400 Message-Id: <20161018045403.28445-1-bobby.prani@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.10.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 866 Lines: 22 deference should actually be dereference. Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar --- 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