From: Guilherme G. Piccoli Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:41:33 +0000 (-0300) Subject: Documentation: Fix duplicate statement about raw_spinlock_t type X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8d6451b9a51b555be2c9a6c326a980b2de00741a;p=linux.git Documentation: Fix duplicate statement about raw_spinlock_t type Unless it was duplicate on purpose, to emphasize that a raw_spinlock_t is always a spinning lock regardless of PREEMPT_RT or kernel config, it's a bit odd that this text is duplicate. So, this patch just clean it up, keeping the consistency with the other sections of the text. Cc: Thomas Gleixner Fixes: 919e9e6395cf ("Documentation: Add lock ordering and nesting documentation") Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220321144133.49804-1-gpiccoli@igalia.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- diff --git a/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst b/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst index bfa75ea1b66a3..9933faad47714 100644 --- a/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst +++ b/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst @@ -211,9 +211,6 @@ raw_spinlock_t and spinlock_t raw_spinlock_t -------------- -raw_spinlock_t is a strict spinning lock implementation regardless of the -kernel configuration including PREEMPT_RT enabled kernels. - raw_spinlock_t is a strict spinning lock implementation in all kernels, including PREEMPT_RT kernels. Use raw_spinlock_t only in real critical core code, low-level interrupt handling and places where disabling