Re: [PATCH -perfbook 1/5] glossary: Tweak upper-case/lower-case in indexed terms

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On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 08:16:24PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> For consistency, "RCU-Protected Data" and "RCU-Protected Pointer"
> are better be indexed as "RCU-protected data" and
> "RCU-protected pointer".
> 
> To achieve this, use \IXaltr{} and give desirable forms as
> alternatives.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>

Even better!  Queued and pushed the series, thank you!

							Thanx, Paul

> ---
> Hi Paul,
> 
> I suggested \IXr{}, but it was not the choice in the Glossary items.
> 
>         Thanks, Akira
> --
>  glossary.tex | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/glossary.tex b/glossary.tex
> index 658c9b62..06d45ee6 100644
> --- a/glossary.tex
> +++ b/glossary.tex
> @@ -431,14 +431,14 @@
>  	outside of an RCU read-side critical section.
>  	Any interval of time during which all threads pass through at
>  	least one quiescent state each is termed a ``grace period''.
> -\item[\IXr{RCU-Protected Data}:]
> +\item[\IXaltr{RCU-Protected Data}{RCU-protected data}:]
>  	A block of dynamically allocated memory whose freeing will be
>  	deferred such that an RCU grace period will elapse between the
>  	time that there were no longer any RCU-reader-accessible pointers
>  	to that block and the time that that block is freed.
>  	This ensures that no RCU readers will have access to that block at
>  	the time that it is freed.
> -\item[\IXr{RCU-Protected Pointer}:]
> +\item[\IXaltr{RCU-Protected Pointer}{RCU-protected pointer}:]
>  	A pointer to RCU-protected data.
>  	Such pointers must be handled carefully, for example, any reader
>  	that intends to dereference an RCU-protected pointer must
> 
> base-commit: 503b84bbe1d1f5c9ee54b1d1893e52481a12092a
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 



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