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| author | Joel Fernandes (Google) | 2018-09-25 11:26:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney | 2018-11-12 08:56:25 -0800 |
| commit | 70f0508caba2ccb564337e7a2ac4816b094abc00 (patch) | |
| tree | 4682700c7d45ce8789e8f17e0ca9947fd533954a /Documentation/RCU | |
| parent | 82eccec851478e55bfd398d7e9d03300026fc4a9 (diff) | |
doc: rcu: Update description of gp_seq fields in rcu_data
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@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: <kernel-team@android.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/RCU')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html | 7 |
1 files 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 |