docs/RCU: Add the missing rcu_read_unlock()

We should exit the RCU read-side critical section before re-entering.

Signed-off-by: Alan Huang <mmpgouride@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst
index 9a734bf54b7664ce11670027d1b9c56ba71aa350..0612a6387d8eceac4efc62b40dee8cba0fa7951f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ algorithms:
   rcu_read_lock()
   obj = lockless_lookup(key);
   if (obj) {
-    if (!try_get_ref(obj)) // might fail for free objects
+    if (!try_get_ref(obj)) { // might fail for free objects
+      rcu_read_unlock();
       goto begin;
+    }
     /*
     * Because a writer could delete object, and a writer could
     * reuse these object before the RCU grace period, we