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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2006-08-01 10:37:25 +1000
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2006-08-01 10:37:25 +1000
commit57cad8084e0837e0f2c97da789ec9b3f36809be9 (patch)
treee9c790afb4286f78cb08d9664f58baa7e876fe55 /Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
parentcb18bd40030c879cd93fef02fd579f74dbab473d (diff)
parent49b1e3ea19b1c95c2f012b8331ffb3b169e4c042 (diff)
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index 4f41a60e5111..318df44259b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
@@ -687,8 +687,9 @@ diff shows how closely related RCU and reader-writer locking can be.
+ spin_lock(&listmutex);
list_for_each_entry(p, head, lp) {
if (p->key == key) {
- list_del(&p->list);
+ - list_del(&p->list);
- write_unlock(&listmutex);
+ + list_del_rcu(&p->list);
+ spin_unlock(&listmutex);
+ synchronize_rcu();
kfree(p);
@@ -736,7 +737,7 @@ Or, for those who prefer a side-by-side listing:
5 write_lock(&listmutex); 5 spin_lock(&listmutex);
6 list_for_each_entry(p, head, lp) { 6 list_for_each_entry(p, head, lp) {
7 if (p->key == key) { 7 if (p->key == key) {
- 8 list_del(&p->list); 8 list_del(&p->list);
+ 8 list_del(&p->list); 8 list_del_rcu(&p->list);
9 write_unlock(&listmutex); 9 spin_unlock(&listmutex);
10 synchronize_rcu();
10 kfree(p); 11 kfree(p);