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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst index 1a4723f48bd9..17e95ab2a201 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ Quick Quiz #1: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This section presents a "toy" RCU implementation that is based on "classic RCU". It is also short on performance (but only for updates) and -on features such as hotplug CPU and the ability to run in CONFIG_PREEMPT +on features such as hotplug CPU and the ability to run in CONFIG_PREEMPTION kernels. The definitions of rcu_dereference() and rcu_assign_pointer() are the same as those shown in the preceding section, so they are omitted. :: @@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ Quick Quiz #2: Quick Quiz #3: If it is illegal to block in an RCU read-side critical section, what the heck do you do in - PREEMPT_RT, where normal spinlocks can block??? + CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT, where normal spinlocks can block??? :ref:`Answers to Quick Quiz <8_whatisRCU>` @@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ Quick Quiz #2: overhead is **negative**. Answer: - Imagine a single-CPU system with a non-CONFIG_PREEMPT + Imagine a single-CPU system with a non-CONFIG_PREEMPTION kernel where a routing table is used by process-context code, but can be updated by irq-context code (for example, by an "ICMP REDIRECT" packet). The usual way of handling @@ -1120,10 +1120,10 @@ Answer: Quick Quiz #3: If it is illegal to block in an RCU read-side critical section, what the heck do you do in - PREEMPT_RT, where normal spinlocks can block??? + CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT, where normal spinlocks can block??? Answer: - Just as PREEMPT_RT permits preemption of spinlock + Just as CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT permits preemption of spinlock critical sections, it permits preemption of RCU read-side critical sections. It also permits spinlocks blocking while in RCU read-side critical |