doc: Fix various RCU docbook comment-header problems

Because many of RCU's files have not been included into docbook, a
number of errors have accumulated.  This commit fixes them.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Paul E. McKenney 2017-10-19 14:26:21 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 533966c8ad
commit 27fdb35fe9
6 changed files with 33 additions and 21 deletions

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@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void) { }
* Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit
* both the smp_read_barrier_depends() and the READ_ONCE(). This
* is useful in cases where update-side locks prevent the value of the
* pointer from changing. Please note that this primitive does -not-
* pointer from changing. Please note that this primitive does *not*
* prevent the compiler from repeating this reference or combining it
* with other references, so it should not be used without protection
* of appropriate locks.
@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void) { }
* is handed off from RCU to some other synchronization mechanism, for
* example, reference counting or locking. In C11, it would map to
* kill_dependency(). It could be used as follows:
*
* ``
* rcu_read_lock();
* p = rcu_dereference(gp);
* long_lived = is_long_lived(p);
@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void) { }
* p = rcu_pointer_handoff(p);
* }
* rcu_read_unlock();
*``
*/
#define rcu_pointer_handoff(p) (p)
@ -778,18 +779,21 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
/**
* RCU_INIT_POINTER() - initialize an RCU protected pointer
* @p: The pointer to be initialized.
* @v: The value to initialized the pointer to.
*
* Initialize an RCU-protected pointer in special cases where readers
* do not need ordering constraints on the CPU or the compiler. These
* special cases are:
*
* 1. This use of RCU_INIT_POINTER() is NULLing out the pointer -or-
* 1. This use of RCU_INIT_POINTER() is NULLing out the pointer *or*
* 2. The caller has taken whatever steps are required to prevent
* RCU readers from concurrently accessing this pointer -or-
* RCU readers from concurrently accessing this pointer *or*
* 3. The referenced data structure has already been exposed to
* readers either at compile time or via rcu_assign_pointer() -and-
* a. You have not made -any- reader-visible changes to
* this structure since then -or-
* readers either at compile time or via rcu_assign_pointer() *and*
*
* a. You have not made *any* reader-visible changes to
* this structure since then *or*
* b. It is OK for readers accessing this structure from its
* new location to see the old state of the structure. (For
* example, the changes were to statistical counters or to
@ -805,7 +809,7 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
* by a single external-to-structure RCU-protected pointer, then you may
* use RCU_INIT_POINTER() to initialize the internal RCU-protected
* pointers, but you must use rcu_assign_pointer() to initialize the
* external-to-structure pointer -after- you have completely initialized
* external-to-structure pointer *after* you have completely initialized
* the reader-accessible portions of the linked structure.
*
* Note that unlike rcu_assign_pointer(), RCU_INIT_POINTER() provides no
@ -819,6 +823,8 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
/**
* RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER() - statically initialize an RCU protected pointer
* @p: The pointer to be initialized.
* @v: The value to initialized the pointer to.
*
* GCC-style initialization for an RCU-protected pointer in a structure field.
*/