The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip: Commit-ID: d7424e283cc4a86e7b1eb7779f60f2327119e8bf Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/d7424e283cc4a86e7b1eb7779f60f2327119e8bf Author: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:39:21 -04:00 Committer: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 02:48:14 -07:00 Restore docs "treewide: Rename rcu_dereference_raw_notrace() to _check()" This restores docs back in ReST format. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ paulmck: Added Joel's SoB per Stephen Rothwell feedback. ] [ paulmck: Joel approved via private email. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst index a33b5fb..0b22246 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst @@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ Tracing and RCU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is possible to use tracing on RCU code, but tracing itself uses RCU. -For this reason, ``rcu_dereference_raw_notrace()`` is provided for use +For this reason, ``rcu_dereference_raw_check()`` is provided for use by tracing, which avoids the destructive recursion that could otherwise ensue. This API is also used by virtualization in some architectures, where RCU readers execute in environments in which tracing cannot be
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