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Commit c08c68dd authored by David Howells's avatar David Howells Committed by Ingo Molnar
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rcu: Better explain the condition parameter of rcu_dereference_check()



Better explain the condition parameter of
rcu_dereference_check() that describes the conditions under
which the dereference is permitted to take place (and
incorporate Yong Zhang's suggestion).  This condition is only
checked under lockdep proving.

Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
parent b62730ba
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