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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl index 158ffe9bfade..644c3884fab9 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl | |||
| @@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ the amount of locking which needs to be done. | |||
| 1590 | <para> | 1590 | <para> |
| 1591 | Our final dilemma is this: when can we actually destroy the | 1591 | Our final dilemma is this: when can we actually destroy the |
| 1592 | removed element? Remember, a reader might be stepping through | 1592 | removed element? Remember, a reader might be stepping through |
| 1593 | this element in the list right now: it we free this element and | 1593 | this element in the list right now: if we free this element and |
| 1594 | the <symbol>next</symbol> pointer changes, the reader will jump | 1594 | the <symbol>next</symbol> pointer changes, the reader will jump |
| 1595 | off into garbage and crash. We need to wait until we know that | 1595 | off into garbage and crash. We need to wait until we know that |
| 1596 | all the readers who were traversing the list when we deleted the | 1596 | all the readers who were traversing the list when we deleted the |