3 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
index cf5562cbe356..6e253407b3dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
                 number of updates per grace period.
 
 9.      All RCU list-traversal primitives, which include
-        rcu_dereference(), list_for_each_rcu(), list_for_each_entry_rcu(),
+        rcu_dereference(), list_for_each_entry_rcu(),
         list_for_each_continue_rcu(), and list_for_each_safe_rcu(),
         must be either within an RCU read-side critical section or
         must be protected by appropriate update-side locks.  RCU
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcuref.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcuref.txt
index 451de2ad8329..4202ad093130 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/rcuref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcuref.txt
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ release_referenced()			delete()
                                         }
 
 If this list/array is made lock free using RCU as in changing the
-write_lock() in add() and delete() to spin_lock and changing read_lock
-in search_and_reference to rcu_read_lock(), the atomic_get in
-search_and_reference could potentially hold reference to an element which
+write_lock() in add() and delete() to spin_lock() and changing read_lock()
+in search_and_reference() to rcu_read_lock(), the atomic_inc() in
+search_and_reference() could potentially hold reference to an element which
 has already been deleted from the list/array.  Use atomic_inc_not_zero()
 in this scenario as follows:
 
@@ -40,20 +40,20 @@ add()					search_and_reference()
 {                                       {
     alloc_object                            rcu_read_lock();
     ...                                     search_for_element
-    atomic_set(&el->rc, 1);                 if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&el->rc)) {
-    write_lock(&list_lock);                     rcu_read_unlock();
+    atomic_set(&el->rc, 1);                 if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&el->rc)) {
+    spin_lock(&list_lock);                      rcu_read_unlock();
                                                 return FAIL;
     add_element                             }
     ...                                     ...
-    write_unlock(&list_lock);               rcu_read_unlock();
+    spin_unlock(&list_lock);                rcu_read_unlock();
 }                                       }
 3.                                      4.
 release_referenced()                    delete()
 {                                       {
-    ...                                     write_lock(&list_lock);
+    ...                                     spin_lock(&list_lock);
     if (atomic_dec_and_test(&el->rc))       ...
         call_rcu(&el->head, el_free);       delete_element
-    ...                                     write_unlock(&list_lock);
+    ...                                     spin_unlock(&list_lock);
 }                                           ...
                                             if (atomic_dec_and_test(&el->rc))
                                                 call_rcu(&el->head, el_free);
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index e04d643a9f57..96170824a717 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
@@ -786,8 +786,6 @@ RCU pointer/list traversal:
         list_for_each_entry_rcu
         hlist_for_each_entry_rcu
 
-        list_for_each_rcu               (to be deprecated in favor of
-                                         list_for_each_entry_rcu)
         list_for_each_continue_rcu      (to be deprecated in favor of new
                                          list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu)