linux-kernel - [PATCH memory-barriers.txt 3/4] Doc/memory-barriers: Fix a typo of example result

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Message-Id: <1470939463-31950-3-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Aug 2016 11:17:42 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, dhowells@...hat.com,
	will.deacon@....com, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	sj38.park@...il.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH memory-barriers.txt 3/4] Doc/memory-barriers: Fix a typo of example result

From: SeongJae Park <sj38.park@...il.com>

An example result for data dependent write has a typo.  This commit
fixes the wrong typo.

Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj38.park@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index 19c8eb6f246e..ba818ecce6f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ A data-dependency barrier must also order against dependent writes:
 The data-dependency barrier must order the read into Q with the store
 into *Q.  This prohibits this outcome:
 
-	(Q == B) && (B == 4)
+	(Q == &B) && (B == 4)
 
 Please note that this pattern should be rare.  After all, the whole point
 of dependency ordering is to -prevent- writes to the data structure, along
-- 
2.5.2