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authorXiongwei Song <sxwjean@gmail.com>2021-05-24 23:05:45 +0800
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2021-05-31 10:14:54 +0200
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locking/lockdep,doc: Improve readability of the block matrix
The block condition matrix is using 'E' as the writer notation, however, the writer reminder below the matrix is using 'W', to make them consistent and make the matrix more readable, we'd better to use 'W' to represent writer. Suggested-by: Waiman Long <llong@redhat.com> Suggested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Xiongwei Song <sxwjean@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1621868745-23311-1-git-send-email-sxwjean@me.com
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@@ -453,9 +453,9 @@ There are simply four block conditions:
Block condition matrix, Y means the row blocks the column, and N means otherwise.
+---+---+---+---+
- | | E | r | R |
+ | | W | r | R |
+---+---+---+---+
- | E | Y | Y | Y |
+ | W | Y | Y | Y |
+---+---+---+---+
| r | Y | Y | N |
+---+---+---+---+