[PATCH v2] Documentation: RCU: whatisRCU: Fix formatting for section 2

From: Amol Grover
Date: Tue Nov 05 2019 - 02:33:58 EST


Convert RCU API methods text to sub-headings and
add footnote linking to 2 literary notes
under rcu_dereference() section for improved UX

Signed-off-by: Amol Grover <frextrite@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst
index ae40c8bcc56c..4c6f1f595757 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ later. See the kernel docbook documentation for more info, or look directly
at the function header comments.

rcu_read_lock()
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

void rcu_read_lock(void);

@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ rcu_read_lock()
longer-term references to data structures.

rcu_read_unlock()
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

void rcu_read_unlock(void);

@@ -172,6 +174,7 @@ rcu_read_unlock()
read-side critical sections may be nested and/or overlapping.

synchronize_rcu()
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

void synchronize_rcu(void);

@@ -225,6 +228,7 @@ synchronize_rcu()
checklist.txt for some approaches to limiting the update rate.

rcu_assign_pointer()
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

void rcu_assign_pointer(p, typeof(p) v);

@@ -245,6 +249,7 @@ rcu_assign_pointer()
the _rcu list-manipulation primitives such as list_add_rcu().

rcu_dereference()
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

typeof(p) rcu_dereference(p);

@@ -280,7 +285,7 @@ rcu_dereference()
unnecessary overhead on Alpha CPUs.

Note that the value returned by rcu_dereference() is valid
- only within the enclosing RCU read-side critical section [1].
+ only within the enclosing RCU read-side critical section [1]_.
For example, the following is -not- legal::

rcu_read_lock();
@@ -304,9 +309,9 @@ rcu_dereference()
at any time, including immediately after the rcu_dereference().
And, again like rcu_assign_pointer(), rcu_dereference() is
typically used indirectly, via the _rcu list-manipulation
- primitives, such as list_for_each_entry_rcu() [2].
+ primitives, such as list_for_each_entry_rcu() [2]_.

- [1] The variant rcu_dereference_protected() can be used outside
+.. [1] The variant rcu_dereference_protected() can be used outside
of an RCU read-side critical section as long as the usage is
protected by locks acquired by the update-side code. This variant
avoids the lockdep warning that would happen when using (for
@@ -319,7 +324,8 @@ rcu_dereference()
a lockdep splat is emitted. See Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst
and the API's code comments for more details and example usage.

- [2] If the list_for_each_entry_rcu() instance might be used by
+
+.. [2] If the list_for_each_entry_rcu() instance might be used by
update-side code as well as by RCU readers, then an additional
lockdep expression can be added to its list of arguments.
For example, given an additional "lock_is_held(&mylock)" argument,
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