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Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 11:56:33 -0800
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 08/20] doc: rcu: Update description of gp_seq fields in rcu_data
From: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
The rcu_state structure doesn't have a gp_seq_needed field. Update the
description under rcu_data accordingly, to reflect this.
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Cc: <kernel-team@...roid.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
---
.../RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html
index 3ed5f0182bc4..18f179807563 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html
@@ -1011,9 +1011,10 @@ as follows:
5 bool gpwrap;
</pre>
-<p>The <tt>->gp_seq</tt> and <tt>->gp_seq_needed</tt>
-fields are the counterparts of the fields of the same name
-in the <tt>rcu_state</tt> and <tt>rcu_node</tt> structures.
+<p>The <tt>->gp_seq</tt> field is the counterpart of the field of the same
+name in the <tt>rcu_state</tt> and <tt>rcu_node</tt> structures. The
+<tt>->gp_seq_needed</tt> field is the counterpart of the field of the same
+name in the rcu_node</tt> structure.
They may each lag up to one behind their <tt>rcu_node</tt>
counterparts, but in <tt>CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE</tt> and
<tt>CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL</tt> kernels can lag
--
2.17.1
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