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SubjectRe: [PATCH, RFC, tip/core/rcu] scalable classic RCU implementation
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On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 08:16 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:34:56PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 16:29 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> >
> > > > @@ -26,8 +27,10 @@
> > > > * http://lse.sourceforge.net/locking/rclock_OLS.2001.05.01c.sc.pdf (OLS2001)
> > > > *
> > > > * For detailed explanation of Read-Copy Update mechanism see -
> > > > - * Documentation/RCU
> > > > - *
> > > > + * Documentation/RCU
> > > > + * http://lwn.net/Articles/262464/ (What is RCU, Fundamentally?)
> > > > + * http://lwn.net/Articles/263130/ (What is RCU's Usage?)
> > > > + * http://lwn.net/Articles/264090/ (What is RCU's API? + references)
> > > > */
> > >
> > > Why put these references here rather than in Documentation/RCU? It
> > > seems easier to keep documentation up to date in one place. If you
> > > think these represent a good "getting started" set of documents, how
> > > about a Documentation/RCU/ReadTheseFirst with links to them, or how
> > > about linking to them from whatisRCU.txt?
> >
> > I actually like in code comments and 'documentation' more than
> > Documentation/ stuff. Mostly because Documentation/ is:
> > - far away from the code
> > - therefore, more easily bitrotted
> > - and easily forgotten
>
> I know!!!
>
> #ifdef JOSH_TRIPLETT
> * Documentation/RCU
> * http://lwn.net/Articles/262464/ (What is RCU, Fundamentally?)
> * http://lwn.net/Articles/263130/ (What is RCU's Usage?)
> * http://lwn.net/Articles/264090/ (What is RCU's API? + references)
> #elif PETER_ZIJLSTRA
> * Documentation/RCU
> #endif
>
> (Sorry, couldn't resist!!!)

But but but, you got the cases the wrong way around.. ;-)

> Seriously, I know where all the documentation is, as I wrote most of it.
> These comments are for you guys. So, any thoughts on how I should
> resolve this? My default is, as always, a coin flip. ;-)

I guess we could do the 'this is how the concept works and can be used
like so and so' documentation in Documentation/

And the stuff that says 'this code does like so and so, because blah'
should stay near the code.

And in any case of doubt - stay near the code :-)

I always view Documentation/ as end user stuff (be that a kernel
programmer that needs to learn a new API, or userland folks or people
wanting to know what a certain feature is about).



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