deference should actually be dereference. Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt index 2044227..5cbd8b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ rcu_dereference() The reader uses rcu_dereference() to fetch an RCU-protected pointer, which returns a value that may then be safely - dereferenced. Note that rcu_deference() does not actually + dereferenced. Note that rcu_dereference() does not actually dereference the pointer, instead, it protects the pointer for later dereferencing. It also executes any needed memory-barrier instructions for a given CPU architecture. Currently, only Alpha -- 2.10.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
