Re: [PATCH] rcu: ensure whatisRCU.txt actually says what RCU is.

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Fri Apr 20 2018 - 16:42:34 EST


On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 01:59:36PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> It came to my attention that the file "whatisRCU.txt" does not
> manage to actually ever spell out what is RCU.
>
> This might not be an issue for a lot of people, but we have to
> assume the consumers of these documents are starting from ground
> zero; otherwise they'd not be reading the docs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Queued for review, thank you!

Thanx, Paul

> ---
> Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> index a27fbfb0efb8..65eb856526b7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
> +What is RCU? -- "Read, Copy, Update"
> +
> Please note that the "What is RCU?" LWN series is an excellent place
> to start learning about RCU:
>
> --
> 2.14.1
>