[PATCH rcu 13/15] docs/RCU/rcubarrier: Adjust 'Answer' parts of QQs as definition-lists

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Jan 04 2023 - 19:10:15 EST


From: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>

The "Answer" parts of QQs divert from proper format of definition-lists
as described at [1] and are not rendered as such.

Adjust them.

Link: [1] https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#definition-lists
Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.rst | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.rst b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.rst
index 5a643e5233d5f..9fb9ed7773552 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.rst
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ Quick Quiz #1:
Is there any other situation where rcu_barrier() might
be required?

-Answer: Interestingly enough, rcu_barrier() was not originally
+Answer:
+ Interestingly enough, rcu_barrier() was not originally
implemented for module unloading. Nikita Danilov was using
RCU in a filesystem, which resulted in a similar situation at
filesystem-unmount time. Dipankar Sarma coded up rcu_barrier()
@@ -315,7 +316,8 @@ Quick Quiz #2:
Why doesn't line 8 initialize rcu_barrier_cpu_count to zero,
thereby avoiding the need for lines 9 and 10?

-Answer: Suppose that the on_each_cpu() function shown on line 8 was
+Answer:
+ Suppose that the on_each_cpu() function shown on line 8 was
delayed, so that CPU 0's rcu_barrier_func() executed and
the corresponding grace period elapsed, all before CPU 1's
rcu_barrier_func() started executing. This would result in
@@ -351,7 +353,8 @@ Quick Quiz #3:
are delayed for a full grace period? Couldn't this result in
rcu_barrier() returning prematurely?

-Answer: This cannot happen. The reason is that on_each_cpu() has its last
+Answer:
+ This cannot happen. The reason is that on_each_cpu() has its last
argument, the wait flag, set to "1". This flag is passed through
to smp_call_function() and further to smp_call_function_on_cpu(),
causing this latter to spin until the cross-CPU invocation of
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