Commit-ID: bc2072c9adebd6ed1a192ed55ae195d8fb415c8d Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/bc2072c9adebd6ed1a192ed55ae195d8fb415c8d Author: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 16:18:12 -0700 Committer: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 08:56:25 -0800 doc: rcu: Remove obsolete suggestion from checklist call_rcu_bh is now implemented in terms of call_rcu, so the suggestion to use a different API for speed benefits is not accurate anymore. This commit updates the document accordingly. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt index 8860ab2a897a..cc22ce49618d 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt @@ -285,11 +285,7 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! here is that superuser already has lots of ways to crash the machine. - d. Use call_rcu_bh() rather than call_rcu(), in order to take - advantage of call_rcu_bh()'s faster grace periods. (This - is only a partial solution, though.) - - e. Periodically invoke synchronize_rcu(), permitting a limited + d. Periodically invoke synchronize_rcu(), permitting a limited number of updates per grace period. The same cautions apply to call_rcu_bh(), call_rcu_sched(),
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