kernel_optimize_test/Documentation
Paul E. McKenney 236fefafe5 rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitives
The expedited RCU primitives can be quite useful, but they have some
high costs as well.  This commit updates and creates docbook comments
calling out the costs, and updates the RCU documentation as well.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2012-02-21 09:06:08 -08:00
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accounting Documentation: update cgroupfs mount point 2011-06-15 21:52:50 -07:00
acpi acpi/apei/einj: Add extensions to EINJ from rev 5.0 of acpi spec 2012-01-18 01:14:17 -05:00
aoe
arm ARM: move iotable mappings within the vmalloc region 2011-11-26 19:21:26 -05:00
auxdisplay
blackfin doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
block Documentation: drop as block elevator reference in switching-sched.txt 2011-11-04 12:01:48 -07:00
blockdev cciss: auto engage SCSI mid layer at driver load time 2011-11-16 09:21:49 +01:00
cdrom doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
cgroups memcg: fix pgpgin/pgpgout documentation 2012-01-12 20:13:06 -08:00
connector
console
cpu-freq Doc: cpufreq: Fix typo and outdated line 2011-11-08 10:23:29 +01:00
cpuidle
cris
crypto
development-process Documentation: Update stable address 2011-12-12 14:14:31 -08:00
device-mapper dm log userspace: fix comment hyphens 2011-10-31 20:21:22 +00:00
devicetree Merge branch 'for-linus/i2c-33' of git://git.fluff.org/bjdooks/linux 2012-01-18 13:46:13 -08:00
DocBook docbook: fix fatal errors in device-drivers docbook and add DMA Management section 2012-02-01 17:28:26 -08:00
driver-model Documentation: devres: add allocation functions to list of supported calls 2012-01-24 10:47:42 -08:00
dvb [media] dvb_get_firmware: updates for it913x 2011-12-11 09:00:48 -02:00
early-userspace
fault-injection fault-injection: update documentation with the mmc module param 2011-10-26 16:32:13 -04:00
fb fbdev: Add FOURCC-based format configuration API 2011-12-19 20:07:13 +00:00
filesystems Merge branch 'for-3.3' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2012-01-14 12:26:41 -08:00
firmware_class
frv doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
hid
hwmon hwmon: (sysfs-interface) Update tempX_type attribute to be more generic 2012-01-16 22:51:48 +01:00
i2c i2c: Fix device name for 10-bit slave address 2011-11-23 11:33:07 +01:00
i2o doc: i2o: fix typo 'Settting' 2011-06-07 16:06:01 +02:00
ia64
ide
infiniband
input Input: document device properties 2012-02-01 09:14:17 -08:00
ioctl NVMe: New driver 2011-11-04 15:52:51 -04:00
isdn doc: fix wrong arch/i386 references 2011-06-13 13:43:05 +02:00
ja_JP Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6 2011-07-25 23:06:24 -07:00
kbuild kbuild: Add support for an "archheaders" target 2011-11-17 13:35:20 -08:00
kdump [S390] Add s390x description to Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt 2011-12-27 11:27:13 +01:00
ko_KR
laptops Documentation: thinkpad-acpi grammo fixes 2011-11-04 12:01:47 -07:00
leds Documentation: fix leds-class.txt duplicated word 2011-11-04 12:01:48 -07:00
m68k Documentation: add pointer to name_to_dev_t for root= values 2011-08-03 14:25:21 -10:00
make
mips
misc-devices
mmc mmc: core: Fixup delayed work clock gating patch 2012-01-11 23:58:43 -05:00
mn10300
mtd
namespaces
netlabel
networking bonding: document undocumented active_slave sysfs entry. 2011-12-26 20:09:35 -05:00
nfc
parisc
PCI doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
pcmcia
power PM / Documentation: Fix minor issue in freezing_of_tasks.txt 2012-01-19 23:22:49 +01:00
powerpc
pps
prctl
pti Kernel documentation for the PTI feature. 2011-05-13 16:31:00 -07:00
ptp ptp: Added a brand new class driver for ptp clocks. 2011-05-23 13:01:00 -07:00
rapidio RapidIO: documentation update 2011-11-02 16:07:02 -07:00
RCU rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitives 2012-02-21 09:06:08 -08:00
s390 [S390] Remove Kerntypes leftovers 2011-12-27 11:27:12 +01:00
scheduler sched: Add documentation for bandwidth control 2011-08-14 12:03:58 +02:00
scsi [SCSI] qla4xxx: Update license 2012-01-16 12:34:12 +04:00
security Merge branch 'master'; commit 'v3.2-rc2' into next 2011-11-16 12:39:48 +11:00
serial serial/documentation: fix documented name of DCD cpp symbol 2012-01-04 16:26:32 -08:00
sh
sound Merge branch 'topic/hda' into for-linus 2012-01-12 09:59:18 +01:00
sparc
spi doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
sysctl Documentation: add missing tainted bits to Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt 2012-02-06 16:29:19 -08:00
target target: tcm_mod_builder: small fixups 2011-12-14 11:38:25 +00:00
telephony
thermal thermal: Rename generate_netlink_event 2012-01-23 03:15:25 -05:00
timers doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
trace mm-tracepoint: fix documentation and examples 2012-01-10 16:30:41 -08:00
usb USB: update documentation for usbmon 2012-01-04 16:04:30 -08:00
vDSO Document the vDSO and add a reference parser 2011-07-14 17:57:09 -07:00
video4linux [media] V4L2 Spec: fix extended control documentation 2012-01-16 09:37:53 -02:00
virtual lguest: remove reference from Documentation/virtual/00-INDEX 2012-01-28 08:10:23 +10:30
vm slub: document setting min order with debug_guardpage_minorder > 0 2012-01-12 20:13:04 -08:00
w1
watchdog watchdog: documentation: describe nowayout in coversion-guide 2012-01-06 15:26:14 +01:00
wimax
x86 x86-64, doc: Remove int 0xcc from entry_64.S documentation 2011-08-16 08:04:08 -07:00
zh_CN remove the messy code file Documentation/zh_CN/SubmitChecklist 2011-09-26 16:18:41 -07:00
.gitignore
00-INDEX Documentation: add Ramoops usage description 2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
applying-patches.txt
atomic_ops.txt doc: Add load/store guarantees to Documentation/atomic-ops.txt 2011-12-11 10:31:58 -08:00
bad_memory.txt
basic_profiling.txt
binfmt_misc.txt
braille-console.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
BUG-HUNTING
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
cachetlb.txt mm: convert mm->cpu_vm_cpumask into cpumask_var_t 2011-05-25 08:39:21 -07:00
Changes Documentation/Changes: remove some really obsolete text 2011-07-11 16:48:38 -07:00
circular-buffers.txt
coccinelle.txt coccinelle.txt: update documentation to include M= option 2012-01-14 22:25:56 +01:00
CodingStyle Documentation: update CodingStyle use of braces 2011-11-04 12:01:47 -07:00
cpu-hotplug.txt
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt
devices.txt vhost-net: add module alias (v2.1) 2012-01-13 10:12:23 -08:00
digsig.txt crypto: digital signature verification support 2011-11-09 12:10:37 +02:00
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: fix misleading example 2011-07-26 16:49:45 -07:00
DMA-API.txt include/linux/dma-mapping.h: add dma_zalloc_coherent() 2011-11-02 16:07:02 -07:00
DMA-attributes.txt
dma-buf-sharing.txt dma-buf: Documentation update for Kconfig select 2012-01-13 10:27:33 +00:00
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
dmaengine.txt DMAEngine: Define interleaved transfer request api 2011-11-18 12:16:24 +05:30
dontdiff [S390] Remove Kerntypes leftovers 2011-12-27 11:27:12 +01:00
dynamic-debug-howto.txt
edac.txt
eisa.txt
email-clients.txt Documentation: email-clients: Add better Thunderbird information 2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
feature-removal-schedule.txt ARM: at91: removal of CAP9 SoC family 2012-01-20 15:08:38 +01:00
flexible-arrays.txt flex_array: flex_array_prealloc takes a number of elements, not an end 2011-04-28 16:12:47 -04:00
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcov.txt
gpio.txt
highuid.txt
HOWTO Documentation: Update stable address 2011-12-12 14:14:31 -08:00
hw_random.txt
hwspinlock.txt hwspinlock/core: register a bank of hwspinlocks in a single API call 2011-09-21 19:45:34 +03:00
init.txt
initrd.txt
intel_txt.txt
Intel-IOMMU.txt
io_ordering.txt
io-mapping.txt
iostats.txt
IPMI.txt
IRQ-affinity.txt bitmap, irq: add smp_affinity_list interface to /proc/irq 2011-05-25 08:39:45 -07:00
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isapnp.txt
java.txt
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
kernel-docs.txt doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
kernel-parameters.txt Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux 2012-01-18 15:51:48 -08:00
kmemcheck.txt
kmemleak.txt kmemleak: Handle percpu memory allocation 2011-12-02 16:12:42 +00:00
kobject.txt
kprobes.txt
kref.txt
ldm.txt
local_ops.txt
lockdep-design.txt lockdep: Update documentation for lock-class leak detection 2011-12-11 10:31:23 -08:00
lockstat.txt Documentation: Add statistics about nested locks 2011-05-28 17:03:29 +02:00
logo.gif
logo.txt
magic-number.txt doc: fix wrong arch/i386 references 2011-06-13 13:43:05 +02:00
Makefile
ManagementStyle
mca.txt doc: fix wrong arch/i386 references 2011-06-13 13:43:05 +02:00
md.txt md: create externally visible flags for supporting hot-replace. 2011-12-23 10:17:51 +11:00
media-framework.txt doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
memory-barriers.txt doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
memory-hotplug.txt
memory.txt
mono.txt
mutex-design.txt
nmi_watchdog.txt
nommu-mmap.txt
numastat.txt
oops-tracing.txt module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not built in-tree 2011-11-07 07:54:42 +10:30
padata.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt
pi-futex.txt
pinctrl.txt pinctrl: fix some pinmux typos 2012-01-26 14:11:31 +01:00
pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt Documentation: update printk-formats.txt 2011-06-15 21:52:50 -07:00
prio_tree.txt
ramoops.txt Documentation: add Ramoops usage description 2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
rbtree.txt Documentation: Update augmented rbtree documentation 2011-07-24 10:03:05 -07:00
rfkill.txt doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rt-mutex-design.txt
rt-mutex.txt
rtc.txt
SAK.txt
SecurityBugs
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
sgi-visws.txt
SM501.txt
sparse.txt
spinlocks.txt Documentation/spinlocks.txt: Remove reference to sti()/cli() 2011-07-11 12:45:04 -07:00
stable_api_nonsense.txt
stable_kernel_rules.txt stable: update documentation to ask for kernel version 2012-01-24 10:50:22 -08:00
SubmitChecklist Documentation/SubmitChecklist: add RCU debug config options 2011-07-25 20:57:17 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers Documentation: SubmittingDrivers: fix Linus's git tree URL 2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
SubmittingPatches Documentation: fix spelling error in SubmittingPatches 2011-08-13 18:34:02 -07:00
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt
sysrq.txt
unaligned-memory-access.txt
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
VGA-softcursor.txt
vgaarbiter.txt misc latin1 to utf8 conversions 2012-01-02 13:04:55 +01:00
video-output.txt
volatile-considered-harmful.txt
workqueue.txt
xz.txt
zorro.txt