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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.rst b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.rst index 5750f125361b..728b1e690c64 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.rst @@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ This case is handled by calls to the strongly ordered ``atomic_add_return()`` read-modify-write atomic operation that is invoked within ``rcu_dynticks_eqs_enter()`` at idle-entry time and within ``rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit()`` at idle-exit time. -The grace-period kthread invokes ``rcu_dynticks_snap()`` and -``rcu_dynticks_in_eqs_since()`` (both of which invoke -an ``atomic_add_return()`` of zero) to detect idle CPUs. +The grace-period kthread invokes first ``ct_dynticks_cpu_acquire()`` +(preceded by a full memory barrier) and ``rcu_dynticks_in_eqs_since()`` +(both of which rely on acquire semantics) to detect idle CPUs. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | **Quick Quiz**: | |