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author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2009-08-22 16:56:53 -0400 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-08-23 04:32:40 -0400 |
commit | 6b3ef48adf847f7adf11c870e3ffacac150f1564 (patch) | |
tree | e1403ce515bf00ade99ec806f6ab6b6db999aa0b /Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | |
parent | f41d911f8c49a5d65c86504c19e8204bb605c4fd (diff) |
rcu: Remove CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
Now that CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU is in place, there is no
further need for CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU. Remove it, along with
whatever subtle bugs it may (or may not) contain.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com
Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca
Cc: josht@linux.vnet.ibm.com
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Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt index 97ded2432c59..e41a7fecf0d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | |||
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ rcu_read_lock() | |||
136 | Used by a reader to inform the reclaimer that the reader is | 136 | Used by a reader to inform the reclaimer that the reader is |
137 | entering an RCU read-side critical section. It is illegal | 137 | entering an RCU read-side critical section. It is illegal |
138 | to block while in an RCU read-side critical section, though | 138 | to block while in an RCU read-side critical section, though |
139 | kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU can preempt RCU read-side | 139 | kernels built with CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU can preempt RCU |
140 | critical sections. Any RCU-protected data structure accessed | 140 | read-side critical sections. Any RCU-protected data structure |
141 | during an RCU read-side critical section is guaranteed to remain | 141 | accessed during an RCU read-side critical section is guaranteed to |
142 | unreclaimed for the full duration of that critical section. | 142 | remain unreclaimed for the full duration of that critical section. |
143 | Reference counts may be used in conjunction with RCU to maintain | 143 | Reference counts may be used in conjunction with RCU to maintain |
144 | longer-term references to data structures. | 144 | longer-term references to data structures. |
145 | 145 | ||