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Subject[PATCH] Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo
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deference should actually be dereference.

Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com>
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Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index 2044227..5cbd8b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ rcu_dereference()

The reader uses rcu_dereference() to fetch an RCU-protected
pointer, which returns a value that may then be safely
- dereferenced. Note that rcu_deference() does not actually
+ dereferenced. Note that rcu_dereference() does not actually
dereference the pointer, instead, it protects the pointer for
later dereferencing. It also executes any needed memory-barrier
instructions for a given CPU architecture. Currently, only Alpha
--
2.10.1
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