linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] docs: rcu: Replace multiple dead OLS links in RTFP.txt

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Message-ID: <87h5y07e6y.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:54:45 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Nikil Paul S <snikilpaul@...il.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: skhan@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org, snikilpaul@...il.com,
 "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] docs: rcu: Replace multiple dead OLS links in RTFP.txt

Nikil Paul S <snikilpaul@...il.com> writes:

> This patch updates several dead OLS links in RTFP.txt, replacing them
> with working copies hosted on kernel.org.
>
> Originally posted as part of a 2-patch series, this is now being sent
> as a standalone v4 patch to avoid confusion.
>
> Changes since v3:
>  - No change in content, only resubmitted as a single patch instead of
>    "2/2" from the earlier series.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nikil Paul S <snikilpaul@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/RCU/RTFP.txt | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

So this looks good to me, but it should really be run past the RCU folks
(and Paul in particular) as well; adding him to the CC.

Thanks,

jon

> diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/RTFP.txt b/Documentation/RCU/RTFP.txt
> index db8f16b392aa..8d4e8de4c460 100644
> --- a/Documentation/RCU/RTFP.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/RCU/RTFP.txt
> @@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ Orran Krieger and Rusty Russell and Dipankar Sarma and Maneesh Soni"
>  ,Month="July"
>  ,Year="2001"
>  ,note="Available:
> -\url{http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2001/abstracts/readcopy.php}
> +\url{https://kernel.org/doc/ols/2001/read-copy.pdf}
>  \url{http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/RCU/rclock_OLS.2001.05.01c.pdf}
>  [Viewed June 23, 2004]"
>  ,annotation={
> @@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ Suparna Bhattacharya"
>  ,Year="2006"
>  ,pages="v2 123-138"
>  ,note="Available:
> -\url{http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2006/view_abstract.php?content_key=184}
> +\url{https://kernel.org/doc/ols/2006/ols2006v2-pages-131-146.pdf}
>  \url{http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/RCU/OLSrtRCU.2006.08.11a.pdf}
>  [Viewed January 1, 2007]"
>  ,annotation={
> @@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ Canis Rufus and Zoicon5 and Anome and Hal Eisen"
>  ,Year="2006"
>  ,pages="v2 249-254"
>  ,note="Available:
> -\url{http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2006/view_abstract.php?content_key=184}
> +\url{https://kernel.org/doc/ols/2006/ols2006v2-pages-249-262.pdf}
>  [Viewed January 11, 2009]"
>  ,annotation={
>  	Uses RCU-protected radix tree for a lockless page cache.
> -- 
> 2.43.0