Commit be289568 authored by SeongJae Park's avatar SeongJae Park Committed by Paul E. McKenney
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doc/RCU/rcu: Use ':ref:' for links to other docs 



Signed-off-by: default avatarSeongJae Park <sjpark@amazon.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
parent 3282b046

Documentation/RCU/rcu.rst

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@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ must be long enough that any readers accessing the item being deleted have 
since dropped their references.  For example, an RCU-protected deletion

since dropped their references.  For example, an RCU-protected deletion

from a linked list would first remove the item from the list, wait for

from a linked list would first remove the item from the list, wait for

a grace period to elapse, then free the element.  See the

a grace period to elapse, then free the element.  See the

Documentation/RCU/listRCU.rst file for more information on using RCU with

:ref:`Documentation/RCU/listRCU.rst <list_rcu_doc>` for more information on

linked lists.

using RCU with linked lists.





Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

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- If I am running on a uniprocessor kernel, which can only do one

- If I am running on a uniprocessor kernel, which can only do one

  thing at a time, why should I wait for a grace period?

  thing at a time, why should I wait for a grace period?





  See the Documentation/RCU/UP.rst file for more information.

  See :ref:`Documentation/RCU/UP.rst <up_doc>` for more information.





- How can I see where RCU is currently used in the Linux kernel?

- How can I see where RCU is currently used in the Linux kernel?
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- Why the name "RCU"?

- Why the name "RCU"?





  "RCU" stands for "read-copy update".  The file Documentation/RCU/listRCU.rst

  "RCU" stands for "read-copy update".

  has more information on where this name came from, search for

  :ref:`Documentation/RCU/listRCU.rst <list_rcu_doc>` has more information on where

  "read-copy update" to find it.

  this name came from, search for "read-copy update" to find it.





- I hear that RCU is patented?  What is with that?

- I hear that RCU is patented?  What is with that?