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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, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, joel@joelfernandes.org, "Paul E . McKenney" Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/20] doc: rcu: Remove obsolete suggestion from checklist Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 11:56:37 -0800 X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20181111195619.GA6958@linux.ibm.com> References: <20181111195619.GA6958@linux.ibm.com> X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 18111119-0060-0000-0000-000002D0FCAE X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00010028; HX=3.00000242; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000270; SDB=6.01116023; UDB=6.00578735; IPR=6.00896123; MB=3.00024114; MTD=3.00000008; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2018-11-11 19:56:51 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 18111119-0061-0000-0000-0000472A08D4 Message-Id: <20181111195645.9205-12-paulmck@linux.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2018-11-11_13:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=1 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1807170000 definitions=main-1811110190 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" call_rcu_bh is now implemented in terms of call_rcu, so the suggestion to use a different API for speed benefits is not accurate anymore. This commit updates the document accordingly. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt index 8860ab2a897a..cc22ce49618d 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt @@ -285,11 +285,7 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! here is that superuser already has lots of ways to crash the machine. - d. Use call_rcu_bh() rather than call_rcu(), in order to take - advantage of call_rcu_bh()'s faster grace periods. (This - is only a partial solution, though.) - - e. Periodically invoke synchronize_rcu(), permitting a limited + d. Periodically invoke synchronize_rcu(), permitting a limited number of updates per grace period. The same cautions apply to call_rcu_bh(), call_rcu_sched(), -- 2.17.1