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Commit 93eb1420 authored by Joel Fernandes (Google)'s avatar Joel Fernandes (Google) Committed by Paul E. McKenney
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doc: Make reader aware of rcu_dereference_protected


The whatisRCU.txt document says rcu_dereference() cannot be used
outside of rcu_read_lock() protected sections.  The commit adds a
mention of rcu_dereference_protected(), so that the new reader knows
that this API can be used to avoid update-side use of rcu_read_lock()
and rcu_read_unlock().

Cc: tytso@mit.edu
Suggested-by: default avatar <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJoel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
[ paulmck: Update wording, including further feedback from Joel. ]
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
parent 1c7d6d44
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