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On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:53:06 +0100
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:


> > I think it has to do with their RCU like patching functionality, 
> > where some tasks are still executing the old function and others are 
> > executing the new function. [...]
> 
> That would be the 'function with pending patch' state in my 
> description above.

That could be considered a bit confusing too, because the patch isn't
pending, it's already applied. But this is getting off topic, as the
code for this isn't even in mainline yet, so I agree that the use of
terminology that has not been upstreamed yet should be avoided.

-- Steve