documentation: Clarify RCU memory barriers and requirements
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:51:45 +0000 (08:51 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Sat, 5 Dec 2015 20:33:37 +0000 (12:33 -0800)
commit4b689330b1a5858e88831b3752e9a6692a5c7bdb
tree8a22478ccd00541a79a16ad7045b607639d4da09
parenta4b575627e8d1a2498a921940813266d4e26ff56
documentation: Clarify RCU memory barriers and requirements

The RCU requirements do not make it absolutely clear that the
memory-barrier requirements are not intended to replace the fundamental
requirement that all pre-existing RCU readers complete before a grace
period completes.  This commit therefore pulls the memory-barrier
requirements into a separate section and explicitly calls out the
relationship between the memory-barrier requirements and the fundamental
requirement.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html
Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.htmlx