Re: [PATCH] Documentation/locking/locktypes: Fix PREEMPT_RT _bh() description

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On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 03:23:12PM -0600, Andrew Halaney wrote:
> With PREEMPT_RT the _bh() version of a spinlock leaves preemption
> enabled, align the doc to say that instead of the opposite.
> 
> Reported-by: Leah Leshchinsky <lleshchi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Boqun

> ---
>  Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst b/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst
> index 4fd7b70fcde1..bfa75ea1b66a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst
> @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ based on rt_mutex which changes the semantics:
>     Non-PREEMPT_RT kernels disable preemption to get this effect.
>  
>     PREEMPT_RT kernels use a per-CPU lock for serialization which keeps
> -   preemption disabled. The lock disables softirq handlers and also
> +   preemption enabled. The lock disables softirq handlers and also
>     prevents reentrancy due to task preemption.
>  
>  PREEMPT_RT kernels preserve all other spinlock_t semantics:
> -- 
> 2.35.1
> 



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