From: Joel Fernandes (Google) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 21:39:21 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Restore docs "treewide: Rename rcu_dereference_raw_notrace() to _check()" X-Git-Tag: v5.5-rc1~150^2^2~4 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d7424e283cc4a86e7b1eb7779f60f2327119e8bf;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git Restore docs "treewide: Rename rcu_dereference_raw_notrace() to _check()" This restores docs back in ReST format. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) [ paulmck: Added Joel's SoB per Stephen Rothwell feedback. ] [ paulmck: Joel approved via private email. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst index a33b5fb331b43..0b222469d7ce0 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst @@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ Tracing and RCU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is possible to use tracing on RCU code, but tracing itself uses RCU. -For this reason, ``rcu_dereference_raw_notrace()`` is provided for use +For this reason, ``rcu_dereference_raw_check()`` is provided for use by tracing, which avoids the destructive recursion that could otherwise ensue. This API is also used by virtualization in some architectures, where RCU readers execute in environments in which tracing cannot be