doc: Update RCU requirements RCU_INIT_POINTER() description
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:54:41 +0000 (16:54 -0800)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 21:35:15 +0000 (13:35 -0800)
commitd756c74e6f6e76e99f8bffcea57833816dd335b6
tree788bd5fec332f1dddfbbaeb1278477661fc30f80
parent9d3a04853fe640e0eba2c0799c880b7dcf190219
doc: Update RCU requirements RCU_INIT_POINTER() description

Back in the day, RCU_INIT_POINTER() was the only way to avoid
memory-barrier instructions while storing NULL to an RCU-protected
pointer.  Fortunately, in 2016, rcu_assign_pointer() started checking for
compile-time NULL pointers and omitting the memory-barrier instructions in
that case.  Unfortunately, RCU's Requirements.rst document was not updated
accordingly.  This commit therefore at long last carries out that update.

Fixes: 3a37f7275cda ("rcu: No ordering for rcu_assign_pointer() of NULL")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201209230755.GV7338@casper.infradead.org/
Reported-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst