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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.rst b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.rst index f64f4413a47c..3b4a24877496 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.rst @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RCU (read-copy update) is a synchronization mechanism that can be thought of as a replacement for read-writer locking (among other things), but with very low-overhead readers that are immune to deadlock, priority inversion, and unbounded latency. RCU read-side critical sections are delimited -by rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), which, in non-CONFIG_PREEMPT +by rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), which, in non-CONFIG_PREEMPTION kernels, generate no code whatsoever. This means that RCU writers are unaware of the presence of concurrent @@ -329,10 +329,10 @@ Answer: This cannot happen. The reason is that on_each_cpu() has its last to smp_call_function() and further to smp_call_function_on_cpu(), causing this latter to spin until the cross-CPU invocation of rcu_barrier_func() has completed. This by itself would prevent - a grace period from completing on non-CONFIG_PREEMPT kernels, + a grace period from completing on non-CONFIG_PREEMPTION kernels, since each CPU must undergo a context switch (or other quiescent state) before the grace period can complete. However, this is - of no use in CONFIG_PREEMPT kernels. + of no use in CONFIG_PREEMPTION kernels. Therefore, on_each_cpu() disables preemption across its call to smp_call_function() and also across the local call to |