Commit bc2072c9 authored by Joel Fernandes (Google)'s avatar Joel Fernandes (Google) Committed by Paul E. McKenney

doc: rcu: Remove obsolete suggestion from checklist

call_rcu_bh is now implemented in terms of call_rcu, so the suggestion
to use a different API for speed benefits is not accurate anymore.
This commit updates the document accordingly.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJoel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
parent 090c1685
...@@ -285,11 +285,7 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! ...@@ -285,11 +285,7 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
here is that superuser already has lots of ways to crash here is that superuser already has lots of ways to crash
the machine. the machine.
d. Use call_rcu_bh() rather than call_rcu(), in order to take d. Periodically invoke synchronize_rcu(), permitting a limited
advantage of call_rcu_bh()'s faster grace periods. (This
is only a partial solution, though.)
e. Periodically invoke synchronize_rcu(), permitting a limited
number of updates per grace period. number of updates per grace period.
The same cautions apply to call_rcu_bh(), call_rcu_sched(), The same cautions apply to call_rcu_bh(), call_rcu_sched(),
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