linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/6] doc: Update whatisRCU.rst

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Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2023 19:38:50 +0000
From:   "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@...cinc.com>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com>, rcu@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] doc: Update whatisRCU.rst

From: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com>

The kfree_rcu() macro is deprecated.  Rename it to its new
kfree_rcu_mightsleep() name in this documentation.

Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
---
 Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst
index 2c5563a91998..8eddef28d3a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst
@@ -597,10 +597,10 @@ to avoid having to write your own callback::
 If the occasional sleep is permitted, the single-argument form may
 be used, omitting the rcu_head structure from struct foo.
 
-	kfree_rcu(old_fp);
+	kfree_rcu_mightsleep(old_fp);
 
-This variant of kfree_rcu() almost never blocks, but might do so by
-invoking synchronize_rcu() in response to memory-allocation failure.
+This variant almost never blocks, but might do so by invoking
+synchronize_rcu() in response to memory-allocation failure.
 
 Again, see checklist.rst for additional rules governing the use of RCU.
 
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