From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754768AbdDLQkH (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:40:07 -0400 Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.156.1]:56100 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753700AbdDLQkF (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:40:05 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 09:39:56 -0700 From: "Paul E. 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, dvhart@linux.intel.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, bobby.prani@gmail.com, corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/9] Documentation updates for 4.12 Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 17041216-0040-0000-0000-000003131D42 X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00006924; HX=3.00000240; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000208; SDB=6.00846584; UDB=6.00417596; IPR=6.00625021; BA=6.00005286; NDR=6.00000001; ZLA=6.00000005; ZF=6.00000009; ZB=6.00000000; ZP=6.00000000; ZH=6.00000000; ZU=6.00000002; MB=3.00015022; XFM=3.00000013; UTC=2017-04-12 16:40:02 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 17041216-0041-0000-0000-0000070726FE Message-Id: <20170412163956.GA15691@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2017-04-12_12:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=1 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1702020001 definitions=main-1704120136 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello! This series provides documentation updates: 1. Synchronous RCU grace periods are now legal throughout boot. 2. Add mid-boot operation to expedited grace periods. 3. Update stallwarn.txt to make causes more prominent. 4. Update RCU data-structure documentation for rcu_segcblist. (Corresponding code changes are in the SRCU series.) 5. Update requirements based on recent changes. 6. doc: Update rcu_assign_pointer() definition in whatisRCU.txt. 7. Update the comparisons rule in rcu_dereference.txt, courtesy of Michalis Kokologiannakis. 8. Emphasize that "toy" RCU requires recursive rwlock. 9. Update control-dependencies section of memory-barriers.txt, courtesy of pierre Kuo. Thanx, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html | 207 ++++++---- RCU/Design/Data-Structures/nxtlist.svg | 34 - RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html | 47 ++ RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html | 201 ++++++--- RCU/rcu_dereference.txt | 9 RCU/stallwarn.txt | 190 ++++----- RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 33 - memory-barriers.txt | 2 8 files changed, 469 insertions(+), 254 deletions(-)