Documentation: rw_lock lessons learned
authorWilliam Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com>
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:12:46 +0000 (15:12 -0500)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:46:56 +0000 (09:46 -0800)
commitfb0bbb92d42d5bd0ab224605444efdfed06d6934
treea33df719be258cc1d15036160d644d76986d2cdc
parentf40542532e96dda5506eb76badea322f2ae4731c
Documentation: rw_lock lessons learned

In recent months, two different network projects erroneously
strayed down the rw_lock path.  Update the Documentation
based upon comments by Eric Dumazet and Paul E. McKenney in
those threads.

Further updates await somebody else with more expertise.

Changes:
  - Merged with extensive content by Stephen Hemminger.
  - Fix one of the comments by Linus Torvalds.

Signed-off-by: William.Allen.Simpson@gmail.com
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/spinlocks.txt