linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/2] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo

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Message-Id: <1479142030-15102-2-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:47:10 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/2] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo

From: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com>

deference should actually be dereference.

Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.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 204422719197..5cbd8b2395b8 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
-- 
2.5.2