On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 03:32:12PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 11:50:51AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 04:06:13PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 12:13:14PM -0500, Joel Fernandes wrote: > > > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 12:11 PM Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Even though it may be redundant: would it be possible to also mention > > > > > (after this paragraph) that this case forms an undesirable "->rf" link > > > > > between B and C, which then causes us to link A and D as a result? > > > > > > > > > > A[srcu-lock] ->data B[once] ->rf C[once] ->data D[srcu-unlock]. > > > > > > > > Apologies, I meant here, care must be taken to avoid: > > > > > > > > A[srcu-lock] ->data B[srcu-unlock] ->rf C[srcu-lock] ->data D[srcu-unlock]. > > > > > > Revised patch below. I changed more than just this bit. Mostly small > > > edits to improve readability, but I did add a little additional > > > material. > > > > Looks good to me, thank you! > > > > Would you like to send a formal patch, or are you thinking in terms > > of making other changes first? > > I'll send a formal patch when I find time to write an appropriate > Changelog description. > > I also have in mind making other changes along the lines Joel suggested, > but they will be separate patches. Sounds good! Thanx, Paul
