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Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 21/48] remove all rcu head
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On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 13:19 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
> 
> Remove all rcu head inits. We don't care about the RCU head state before passing
> it to call_rcu() anyway. Only leave the "on_stack" variants so debugobjects can
> keep track of objects on stack.

Please document that distinction at the definition of INIT_RCU_HEADS,
otherwise we're sure to see creep.

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