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Subject[PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/28] rcu: Fix RCU's NMI documentation
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It has long been the case that the architecture must call nmi_enter()
and nmi_exit() rather than irq_enter() and irq_exit() in order to
permit RCU read-side critical sections in NMIs. Catch the documentation
up with reality.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
index a8536cb..84e4f9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ not to return until all ongoing NMI handlers exit. It is therefore safe
to free up the handler's data as soon as synchronize_sched() returns.

Important note: for this to work, the architecture in question must
-invoke irq_enter() and irq_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively.
+invoke nmi_enter() and nmi_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively.


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