Hi, Paul I think preposition 'on' here is superfluous, correct me if I am wrong. Best Wishes Zhouyi --- defer/rcufundamental.tex | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/defer/rcufundamental.tex b/defer/rcufundamental.tex index 66f9b70..62f31d0 100644 --- a/defer/rcufundamental.tex +++ b/defer/rcufundamental.tex @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ greater detail in \cref{sec:memorder:RCU}. It might seem strange to have RCU read-side critical sections containing writes, but RCU is just fine with this. This capability is used frequently in the Linux kernel, for - example, acquiring a lock on or reference to a data structure. + example, acquiring a lock or reference to a data structure. Acquiring either a lock or a reference results in a write to memory, and it is OK to do these within an RCU read-side critical section. -- 2.5.0