linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rcu: ensure whatisRCU.txt actually says what RCU is.

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Date:   Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:43:34 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rcu: ensure whatisRCU.txt actually says what RCU is.

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 01:59:36PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> It came to my attention that the file "whatisRCU.txt" does not
> manage to actually ever spell out what is RCU.
> 
> This might not be an issue for a lot of people, but we have to
> assume the consumers of these documents are starting from ground
> zero; otherwise they'd not be reading the docs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

Queued for review, thank you!

							Thanx, Paul

> ---
>  Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> index a27fbfb0efb8..65eb856526b7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
> +What is RCU?  --  "Read, Copy, Update"
> +
>  Please note that the "What is RCU?" LWN series is an excellent place
>  to start learning about RCU:
> 
> -- 
> 2.14.1
>