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From: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@linux.dev>
To: perfbook@vger.kernel.org
Cc: paulmck@kernel.org, Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH] defer/whichtochoose: Fix typos and grammar errors
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 23:11:37 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260224151137.2740175-1-kunwu.chan@linux.dev> (raw)

Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@linux.dev>
---
 defer/whichtochoose.tex | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/defer/whichtochoose.tex b/defer/whichtochoose.tex
index 2b45ee5c..139c9636 100644
--- a/defer/whichtochoose.tex
+++ b/defer/whichtochoose.tex
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ which is why they are normally used on static data.
 	memory-allocation failure.
 }\QuickQuizEnd
 
-The ``Duration of Protection'' describes constraints (if any) on how
+The ``Duration of Protection'' row describes constraints (if any) on how
 long a period of time a user may protect a given object.
 Reference counting and hazard pointers can both protect objects for
 extended time periods with no untoward side effects, but
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ whether the reference acquisition can fail, resulting in a retry
 operation, which is the case for reference counting, hazard pointers,
 and sequence locks.
 In the case of reference counting and hazard pointers, retries are only
-required if an attempt to acquire a reference to a given object while
-that object is in the process of being deleted, a topic covered in more
-detail in the next section.
+required if an attempt to acquire a reference to a given object fails
+while that object is in the process of being deleted, a topic covered in
+more detail in the next section.
 Sequence locking must of course retry its critical section should it
 run concurrently with any update.
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ run concurrently with any update.
 	one traversal to another''.
 }\QuickQuizEnd
 
-The ``Reclamation Timing'' gives the minimum delay from the time that
+The ``Reclamation Timing'' row gives the minimum delay from the time that
 the last reader finishes with a removed object to the time that this
 removed object may be freed.
 Reference counting is the only technique capable of freeing immediately
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ But those wishing more detail should continue on to the next section.
 provides more-detailed rules of thumb that can help you choose among the
 four deferred-processing techniques presented in this chapter.
 
-As shown in the ``Existence Guarantee'' row,
+As shown in the ``Existence Guarantees'' row,
 if you need \IXpl{existence guarantee} for linked
 data elements, you must use reference counting, hazard pointers, or RCU\@.
 Sequence locks do not provide existence guarantees, instead providing
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ a mechanism resembling sequence locking.
 \subsubsection{Production Uses of RCU}
 \label{sec:defer:Production Uses of RCU}
 
-IBM's VM/XA is adopted passive serialization, a mechanism similar to
+IBM's VM/XA adopted passive serialization, a mechanism similar to
 RCU, some time in the 1980s~\cite{Hennessy89}.
 
 DYNIX/ptx adopted RCU in 1993~\cite{McKenney98,Slingwine95}.
-- 
2.25.1


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