* Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:34:42 +0100
> Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Even if it was documented (it isn't), it's pretty weird terminology -
> > please use clearer formulations, like 'patched function' or 'unpatched
> > function' or 'function with pending patch'. No need to redefine
> > existing words in a weird fashion just to create the appearance of
> > being special ...
> >
>
> I think it has to do with their RCU like patching functionality,
> where some tasks are still executing the old function and others are
> executing the new function. [...]
That would be the 'function with pending patch' state in my
description above.
Thanks,
Ingo
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