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Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2016 08:18:19 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
	josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
	dvhart@...ux.intel.com, fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
	bobby.prani@...il.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 08/10] documentation: Sharpen up the no-readers quick quiz

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html
index acdad96f78e9..85cf2238fd08 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html
@@ -1002,18 +1002,21 @@ obligation to wait for these new readers.
 <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
 <tr><th align="left">Quick Quiz:</th></tr>
 <tr><td>
-	Suppose that synchronize_rcu() did wait until all readers had completed.
-	Would the updater be able to rely on this?
+	Suppose that synchronize_rcu() did wait until <i>all</i>
+	readers had completed instead of waiting only on
+	pre-existing readers.
+	For how long would the updater be able to rely on there
+	being no readers?
 </td></tr>
 <tr><th align="left">Answer:</th></tr>
 <tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><font color="ffffff">
-	No.
+	For no time at all.
 	Even if <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> were to wait until
 	all readers had completed, a new reader might start immediately after
 	<tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> completed.
 	Therefore, the code following
-	<tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> cannot rely on there being no readers
-	in any case.
+	<tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> can <i>never</i> rely on there being
+	no readers.
 </font></td></tr>
 <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
 </table>
-- 
2.5.2

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