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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index d542ca243b80..1dc00ee97163 100644
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@@ -323,14 +323,17 @@ used as follows:
323 Defer Protect 323 Defer Protect
324 324
325a. synchronize_rcu() rcu_read_lock() / rcu_read_unlock() 325a. synchronize_rcu() rcu_read_lock() / rcu_read_unlock()
326 call_rcu() 326 call_rcu() rcu_dereference()
327 327
328b. call_rcu_bh() rcu_read_lock_bh() / rcu_read_unlock_bh() 328b. call_rcu_bh() rcu_read_lock_bh() / rcu_read_unlock_bh()
329 rcu_dereference_bh()
329 330
330c. synchronize_sched() preempt_disable() / preempt_enable() 331c. synchronize_sched() rcu_read_lock_sched() / rcu_read_unlock_sched()
332 preempt_disable() / preempt_enable()
331 local_irq_save() / local_irq_restore() 333 local_irq_save() / local_irq_restore()
332 hardirq enter / hardirq exit 334 hardirq enter / hardirq exit
333 NMI enter / NMI exit 335 NMI enter / NMI exit
336 rcu_dereference_sched()
334 337
335These three mechanisms are used as follows: 338These three mechanisms are used as follows:
336 339
@@ -780,9 +783,8 @@ Linux-kernel source code, but it helps to have a full list of the
780APIs, since there does not appear to be a way to categorize them 783APIs, since there does not appear to be a way to categorize them
781in docbook. Here is the list, by category. 784in docbook. Here is the list, by category.
782 785
783RCU pointer/list traversal: 786RCU list traversal:
784 787
785 rcu_dereference
786 list_for_each_entry_rcu 788 list_for_each_entry_rcu
787 hlist_for_each_entry_rcu 789 hlist_for_each_entry_rcu
788 hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu 790 hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu
@@ -808,7 +810,7 @@ RCU: Critical sections Grace period Barrier
808 810
809 rcu_read_lock synchronize_net rcu_barrier 811 rcu_read_lock synchronize_net rcu_barrier
810 rcu_read_unlock synchronize_rcu 812 rcu_read_unlock synchronize_rcu
811 synchronize_rcu_expedited 813 rcu_dereference synchronize_rcu_expedited
812 call_rcu 814 call_rcu
813 815
814 816
@@ -816,7 +818,7 @@ bh: Critical sections Grace period Barrier
816 818
817 rcu_read_lock_bh call_rcu_bh rcu_barrier_bh 819 rcu_read_lock_bh call_rcu_bh rcu_barrier_bh
818 rcu_read_unlock_bh synchronize_rcu_bh 820 rcu_read_unlock_bh synchronize_rcu_bh
819 synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited 821 rcu_dereference_bh synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited
820 822
821 823
822sched: Critical sections Grace period Barrier 824sched: Critical sections Grace period Barrier
@@ -825,12 +827,14 @@ sched: Critical sections Grace period Barrier
825 rcu_read_unlock_sched call_rcu_sched 827 rcu_read_unlock_sched call_rcu_sched
826 [preempt_disable] synchronize_sched_expedited 828 [preempt_disable] synchronize_sched_expedited
827 [and friends] 829 [and friends]
830 rcu_dereference_sched
828 831
829 832
830SRCU: Critical sections Grace period Barrier 833SRCU: Critical sections Grace period Barrier
831 834
832 srcu_read_lock synchronize_srcu N/A 835 srcu_read_lock synchronize_srcu N/A
833 srcu_read_unlock synchronize_srcu_expedited 836 srcu_read_unlock synchronize_srcu_expedited
837 srcu_dereference
834 838
835SRCU: Initialization/cleanup 839SRCU: Initialization/cleanup
836 init_srcu_struct 840 init_srcu_struct