Hello! This series provides documentation updates:
1. Set down forward-progress requirements. 2. Clarify RCU data-structure comment about rcu_tree fanout, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 3. Remove rcu_preempt_state reference in stallwarn, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 4. Update information about resched_cpu, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 5. Remove rcu_dynticks from Data-Structures, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 6. Update Data-Structures for RCU flavor consolidation, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 7. Better clarify the rcu_segcblist ->len field, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 8. Update description of gp_seq fields in rcu_data, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 9. Document rcutorture forward-progress test kernel parameters. 10. Update core and full API in whatisRCU, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 11. Add more rationale for using rcu_read_lock_sched() in checklist, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 12. Remove obsolete suggestion from checklist, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 13. Remove obsolete checklist item about synchronize_rcu() usage, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 14. Encourage use of rcu_barrier in checklist, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 15. Make reader aware of rcu_dereference_protected(), courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 16. Remove obsolete (non-)requirement about disabling preemption, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 17. Make listing in RCU perf/scale requirements use rcu_assign_pointer(), courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 18. RCU scheduler spinlock rcu_read_unlock() restriction remains. 19. Correct the parameter in stallwarn, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. 20. Fix "struction" typo in RCU memory-ordering documentation, courtesy of Joel Fernandes. Thanx, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/BigTreeClassicRCUBH.svg | 499 ----- Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/BigTreeClassicRCUBHdyntick.svg | 695 -------- Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/BigTreePreemptRCUBHdyntick.svg | 741 -------- b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/BigTreePreemptRCUBHdyntickCB.svg | 834 +++------- b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html | 177 -- b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/blkd_task.svg | 676 ++------ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html | 6 b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.html | 2 b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html | 206 +- b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt | 49 b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt | 7 b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 70 b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 17 13 files changed, 823 insertions(+), 3156 deletions(-)