* [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo
@ 2016-10-18 4:54 Pranith Kumar
2016-10-18 7:43 ` Josh Triplett
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Pranith Kumar @ 2016-10-18 4:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Paul E. McKenney, Josh Triplett, Steven Rostedt,
Mathieu Desnoyers, Lai Jiangshan, Jonathan Corbet,
open list:READ-COPY UPDATE (RCU),
open list:DOCUMENTATION
deference should actually be dereference.
Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com>
---
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
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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo
2016-10-18 4:54 [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo Pranith Kumar
@ 2016-10-18 7:43 ` Josh Triplett
2016-10-18 16:20 ` Paul E. McKenney
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Josh Triplett @ 2016-10-18 7:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pranith Kumar
Cc: Paul E. McKenney, Steven Rostedt, Mathieu Desnoyers,
Lai Jiangshan, Jonathan Corbet, open list:READ-COPY UPDATE (RCU),
open list:DOCUMENTATION
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:54:03AM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote:
> deference should actually be dereference.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com>
Good catch.
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
> 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
>
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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo
2016-10-18 7:43 ` Josh Triplett
@ 2016-10-18 16:20 ` Paul E. McKenney
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Paul E. McKenney @ 2016-10-18 16:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Josh Triplett
Cc: Pranith Kumar, Steven Rostedt, Mathieu Desnoyers, Lai Jiangshan,
Jonathan Corbet, open list:READ-COPY UPDATE (RCU),
open list:DOCUMENTATION
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 <bobby.prani@gmail.com>
>
> Good catch.
>
> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
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
> >
>
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