linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/4] Docs/RCU/rculist_nulls: Fix hlist

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Message-Id: <20230613182434.88317-4-sj@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2023 18:24:33 +0000
From:   SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
To:     paulmck@...nel.org
Cc:     SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        mmpgouride@...il.com, corbet@....net, rcu@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/4] Docs/RCU/rculist_nulls: Fix hlist_head field name of 'obj'

The example code snippets on rculist_nulls.rst are assuming 'obj' to
have the 'hlist_head' field named 'obj_node', but a sentence is wrongly
mentioning 'obj->obj_node.next' as 'obj->obj_next'.  Fix it.

Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
---
 Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst
index 94a8bfe9f560..5cd6f3f8810f 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Quoting Corey Minyard::
 2) Insertion algorithm
 ----------------------
 
-We need to make sure a reader cannot read the new 'obj->obj_next' value
+We need to make sure a reader cannot read the new 'obj->obj_node.next' value
 and previous value of 'obj->key'. Otherwise, an item could be deleted
 from a chain, and inserted into another chain. If new chain was empty
 before the move, 'next' pointer is NULL, and lockless reader can not
-- 
2.25.1