linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo

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Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:20:35 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Cc:     Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "open list:READ-COPY UPDATE (RCU)" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:43:24AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:54:03AM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote:
> > deference should actually be dereference.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com>
> 
> Good catch.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>

Applied, thank you both!

							Thanx, Paul

> >  Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> > index 2044227..5cbd8b2 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> > @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ rcu_dereference()
> >  
> >  	The reader uses rcu_dereference() to fetch an RCU-protected
> >  	pointer, which returns a value that may then be safely
> > -	dereferenced.  Note that rcu_deference() does not actually
> > +	dereferenced.  Note that rcu_dereference() does not actually
> >  	dereference the pointer, instead, it protects the pointer for
> >  	later dereferencing.  It also executes any needed memory-barrier
> >  	instructions for a given CPU architecture.  Currently, only Alpha
> > -- 
> > 2.10.1
> > 
>