From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933876AbcKNQrW (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:47:22 -0500 Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.156.1]:56370 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933047AbcKNQrT (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:47:19 -0500 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, dvhart@linux.intel.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, bobby.prani@gmail.com, "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/2] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:47:10 -0800 X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.2 In-Reply-To: <20161114164649.GA15056@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20161114164649.GA15056@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 16111416-0020-0000-0000-00000A42D080 X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00006076; HX=3.00000240; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000189; SDB=6.00780599; UDB=6.00376434; IPR=6.00558100; BA=6.00004878; NDR=6.00000001; ZLA=6.00000005; ZF=6.00000009; ZB=6.00000000; ZP=6.00000000; ZH=6.00000000; ZU=6.00000002; MB=3.00013321; XFM=3.00000011; UTC=2016-11-14 16:47:17 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 16111416-0021-0000-0000-00005744A9E4 Message-Id: <1479142030-15102-2-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2016-11-14_10:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=1 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1609300000 definitions=main-1611140338 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Pranith Kumar deference should actually be dereference. Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- 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 204422719197..5cbd8b2395b8 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 -- 2.5.2