linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] Documentation: rw

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Message-ID: <4B254ABE.9040002@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:12:46 -0500
From:	William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Linux Kernel Developers <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Stephen Clark <sclark46@...thlink.net>,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Subject: [PATCH v3] Documentation: rw_lock lessons learned

In recent months, two different network projects erroneously
strayed down the rw_lock path.  Update the Documentation
based upon comments by Eric Dumazet and Paul E. McKenney in
those threads.

Further updates await somebody else with more expertise.

Changes:
  - Merged with extensive content by Stephen Hemminger.
  - Fix one of the comments by Linus Torvalds.

Signed-off-by: William.Allen.Simpson@...il.com
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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  Documentation/spinlocks.txt |  184 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
  1 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 100 deletions(-)

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