From 8cf503d3378d641f8106c1803dc68cab88cd8fca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pranith Kumar Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:54:03 -0400 Subject: Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo deference should actually be dereference. Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/RCU') diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt index 204422719197e..5cbd8b2395b81 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 -- cgit v1.2.3