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-rw-r--r--Documentation/percpu-rw-semaphore.txt4
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diff --git a/Documentation/percpu-rw-semaphore.txt b/Documentation/percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
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--- a/Documentation/percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ cores take the lock for reading, the cache line containing the semaphore
9is bouncing between L1 caches of the cores, causing performance 9is bouncing between L1 caches of the cores, causing performance
10degradation. 10degradation.
11 11
12Locking for reading it very fast, it uses RCU and it avoids any atomic 12Locking for reading is very fast, it uses RCU and it avoids any atomic
13instruction in the lock and unlock path. On the other hand, locking for 13instruction in the lock and unlock path. On the other hand, locking for
14writing is very expensive, it calls synchronize_rcu() that can take 14writing is very expensive, it calls synchronize_rcu() that can take
15hundreds of microseconds. 15hundreds of milliseconds.
16 16
17The lock is declared with "struct percpu_rw_semaphore" type. 17The lock is declared with "struct percpu_rw_semaphore" type.
18The lock is initialized percpu_init_rwsem, it returns 0 on success and 18The lock is initialized percpu_init_rwsem, it returns 0 on success and