A diagram in whatisRCU.txt has space character before tabs. This commit
therefore makes this diagram consistent with elsewhere in the document:
Use one leading tab, followed by spaces for any additional whitespace
required.
Signed-off-by: Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.ws>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
rcu_assign_pointer()
- +--------+
+ +--------+
+---------------------->| reader |---------+
| +--------+ |
| | |
| | | rcu_read_lock()
| | | rcu_read_unlock()
| rcu_dereference() | |
- +---------+ | |
- | updater |<---------------------+ |
- +---------+ V
+ +---------+ | |
+ | updater |<----------------+ |
+ +---------+ V
| +-----------+
+----------------------------------->| reclaimer |
- +-----------+
+ +-----------+
Defer:
synchronize_rcu() & call_rcu()