The document says we can avoid extra smp_rmb() in lockless_lookup() and
extra _release() in insert function when hlist_nulls is used. However,
the example code snippet for the insert function is still using the
extra _release(). Drop it.
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst
index 5cd6f3f8810f..463270273d89 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ scan the list again without harm.
obj = kmem_cache_alloc(cachep);
lock_chain(); // typically a spin_lock()
obj->key = key;
- atomic_set_release(&obj->refcnt, 1); // key before refcnt
+ atomic_set(&obj->refcnt, 1);
/*
* insert obj in RCU way (readers might be traversing chain)
*/
--
2.25.1
