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authorMilos Vyletel <milos@redhat.com>2015-04-17 16:38:04 +0200
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2015-05-27 12:57:28 -0700
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documentation: State that rcu_dereference() reloads pointer
Make a note stating that repeated calls of rcu_dereference() may not return the same pointer if update happens while in critical section. Reported-by: Jeff Haran <jeff.haran@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Milos Vyletel <milos@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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