linux/Documentation/RCU
Joel Fernandes (Google) 93eb14201f doc: Make reader aware of rcu_dereference_protected
The whatisRCU.txt document says rcu_dereference() cannot be used
outside of rcu_read_lock() protected sections.  The commit adds a
mention of rcu_dereference_protected(), so that the new reader knows
that this API can be used to avoid update-side use of rcu_read_lock()
and rcu_read_unlock().

Cc: tytso@mit.edu
Suggested-by: tytso@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
[ paulmck: Update wording, including further feedback from Joel. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00
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Design doc: rcu: Update description of gp_seq fields in rcu_data 2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00
arrayRCU.txt documentation: RCU-protected array indexes no longer supported 2015-05-27 12:56:17 -07:00
checklist.txt doc: rcu: Encourage use of rcu_barrier in checklist 2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00
listRCU.txt rcu: Update docs to include kfree_rcu() 2012-11-08 11:44:25 -08:00
lockdep-splat.txt kthread: kthread worker API cleanup 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
lockdep.txt documentation: RCU-protected array indexes no longer supported 2015-05-27 12:56:17 -07:00
NMI-RCU.txt rcu: Fix RCU's NMI documentation 2011-09-28 21:36:44 -07:00
rcu_dereference.txt doc: De-emphasize smp_read_barrier_depends 2017-12-05 11:57:53 -08:00
rcu.txt Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
rcubarrier.txt doc: Update RCU documentation 2017-08-17 07:29:48 -07:00
rculist_nulls.txt mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2017-04-18 11:42:36 -07:00
rcuref.txt documentation: Add pointer to percpu-ref for RCU and refcount 2014-07-08 08:32:56 -07:00
RTFP.txt Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
stallwarn.txt doc: Remove rcu_preempt_state reference in stallwarn 2018-11-08 21:44:41 -08:00
torture.txt doc: Update RCU documentation 2017-08-17 07:29:48 -07:00
UP.txt rcu: Add synchronize_sched_expedited() rcutorture doc + updates 2009-07-03 10:02:29 +02:00
whatisRCU.txt doc: Make reader aware of rcu_dereference_protected 2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00