linux-kernel - Re: Follow-up on Linux-kernel code accessibility

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Message-ID: <20251229193442.08be27fe@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:34:42 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: "Theodore Tso" <tytso@....edu>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, "Dr. David Alan Gilbert"
 <dave@...blig.org>, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>, Sasha Levin
 <sashal@...nel.org>, Gabriele Paoloni <gpaoloni@...hat.com>, Kate Stewart
 <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>, Chuck Wolber <chuckwolber@...il.com>,
 Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Lorenzo Stoakes
 <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>, Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>, Chris
 Mason <clm@...a.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Follow-up on Linux-kernel code accessibility

On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:19:23 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> I'm listed as one of the RCU reviewers because I spent a lot of time a few
> years back trying very hard to understand all the code. But things have
> changed a lot since I did that and when I go back now, I have no clue to how
> the simplest things work there anymore and I give up.

Although I will say that Paul did a terrific job when it came to RCU in the
Documentation directory. I should take some time out and read his RCU
handbook again to refresh my memory of all things RCU.

  https://docs.kernel.org/RCU/index.html

-- Steve