Re: [patch 8/9] Documentation: Fix invalid rcu assumptions

Paul E. McKenney
2009-12-11T16:37:31Z

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 08:07:45AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, David Howells wrote:
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> > Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
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> > > -197 * we use RCU protection here
> > > +196 * caller must be holding the RCU readlocke
> >
> > You mean "readlock" I suspect.
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> Or maybe he's talking about ye olde readlocke, used widely for OS research
> throughout the middle ages. You still find that spelling in some really
> old CS literature.

Interestingly enough, they also tended to split it into two words and
capitalize it, as can be seen by searching for "Read Locke" at

http://faculty.uml.edu/enelson/modern07.htm

Thanx, Paul