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Commit 0c7d10e4 authored by Paul E. McKenney's avatar Paul E. McKenney
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documentation: Emphasize the call_rcu() is illegal from idle



Although call_rcu()'s fastpath works just fine on an idle CPU,
some branches of the slowpath invoke the scheduler, which uses
RCU.  Therefore, this commit emphasizes the fact that call_rcu()
must not be invoked from an idle CPU.

Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
parent 5413e24c
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