doc: Present the role of READ_ONCE()
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Fri, 25 Sep 2020 03:53:25 +0000 (20:53 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Tue, 3 Nov 2020 01:07:15 +0000 (17:07 -0800)
commit86b5a7381b12b1d1d5558d8087e5bbd04b7cf702
treec4feed5f8bb666b4e18332112e6710950190fd6a
parent3650b228f83adda7e5ee532e2b90429c03f7b9ec
doc: Present the role of READ_ONCE()

This commit adds an explanation of the special cases where READ_ONCE()
may be used in place of a member of the rcu_dereference() family.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst
Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.rst