linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 1/9] doc: Synchronous RCU grace periods are now legal throughout boot

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Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:07:54 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, rostedt@...dmis.org,
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        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, bobby.prani@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 1/9] doc: Synchronous RCU grace periods are
 now legal throughout boot

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 09:40:14AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> This commit updates the "Early Boot" section of the RCU requirements
> to describe how synchronous RCU grace periods are now legal throughout
> the boot process.

You mean people would come an arrest you for doing it before? ;-)