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

Linus Torvalds
2009-12-11T16:10:35Z

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, David Howells wrote:

> Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
>
> > -197 * we use RCU protection here
> > +196 * caller must be holding the RCU readlocke
>
> You mean "readlock" I suspect.

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.

Linus