Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756620AbcJSGeS (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2016 02:34:18 -0400 Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.156.1]:35585 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754530AbcJSGeI (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2016 02:34:08 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:20:35 -0700 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Josh Triplett Cc: Pranith Kumar , Steven Rostedt , Mathieu Desnoyers , Lai Jiangshan , Jonathan Corbet , "open list:READ-COPY UPDATE (RCU)" , "open list:DOCUMENTATION" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <20161018045403.28445-1-bobby.prani@gmail.com> <20161018074323.aw5s2nkx4nigobyc@x> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161018074323.aw5s2nkx4nigobyc@x> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 16101906-0004-0000-0000-000010A44EAC X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00005938; HX=3.00000240; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000187; SDB=6.00770088; UDB=6.00369059; IPR=6.00546552; BA=6.00004819; NDR=6.00000001; ZLA=6.00000005; ZF=6.00000009; ZB=6.00000000; ZP=6.00000000; ZH=6.00000000; ZU=6.00000002; MB=3.00013038; XFM=3.00000011; UTC=2016-10-19 06:34:06 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 16101906-0005-0000-0000-000079DAD400 Message-Id: <20161018162035.GA3716@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2016-10-19_02:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1609300000 definitions=main-1610190117 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1202 Lines: 34 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 > > Good catch. > > Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett 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 > > >