linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC 3/5] doc: rcu: Remove obsolete suggestion from checklist

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Message-Id: <20181005231815.170433-4-joel@joelfernandes.org>
Date:   Fri,  5 Oct 2018 16:18:12 -0700
From:   "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, pantin@...gle.com
Subject: [PATCH RFC 3/5] doc: rcu: Remove obsolete suggestion from checklist

call_rcu_bh is now implemented in terms of call_rcu, so the suggestion
to use a different API for speed benefits is not accurate anymore.
Update the document accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
---
 Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
index 8860ab2a897a..cc22ce49618d 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
@@ -285,11 +285,7 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
 		here is that superuser already has lots of ways to crash
 		the machine.
 
-	d.	Use call_rcu_bh() rather than call_rcu(), in order to take
-		advantage of call_rcu_bh()'s faster grace periods.  (This
-		is only a partial solution, though.)
-
-	e.	Periodically invoke synchronize_rcu(), permitting a limited
+	d.	Periodically invoke synchronize_rcu(), permitting a limited
 		number of updates per grace period.
 
 	The same cautions apply to call_rcu_bh(), call_rcu_sched(),
-- 
2.19.0.605.g01d371f741-goog