From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752686AbeDTUm3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:42:29 -0400 Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:49866 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751860AbeDTUm2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:42:28 -0400 Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:43:34 -0700 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Paul Gortmaker Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] rcu: ensure whatisRCU.txt actually says what RCU is. Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <20180419175936.19936-1-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180419175936.19936-1-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 18042020-0044-0000-0000-000004089E3E X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00008889; HX=3.00000241; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000257; SDB=6.01020811; UDB=6.00520896; IPR=6.00800048; MB=3.00020689; MTD=3.00000008; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2018-04-20 20:42:24 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 18042020-0045-0000-0000-0000083AA589 Message-Id: <20180420204334.GS26088@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2018-04-20_09:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 impostorscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1709140000 definitions=main-1804200208 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 01:59:36PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > It came to my attention that the file "whatisRCU.txt" does not > manage to actually ever spell out what is RCU. > > This might not be an issue for a lot of people, but we have to > assume the consumers of these documents are starting from ground > zero; otherwise they'd not be reading the docs. > > Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker Queued for review, thank you! Thanx, Paul > --- > Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt > index a27fbfb0efb8..65eb856526b7 100644 > --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt > +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt > @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ > +What is RCU? -- "Read, Copy, Update" > + > Please note that the "What is RCU?" LWN series is an excellent place > to start learning about RCU: > > -- > 2.14.1 >