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

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Message-Id: <20161018045403.28445-1-bobby.prani@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:54:03 -0400
From:   Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list:READ-COPY UPDATE (RCU)),
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org (open list:DOCUMENTATION)
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo

deference should actually be dereference.

Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com>
---
 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