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@@ -305,7 +305,8 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
the machine.
d. Periodically invoke synchronize_rcu(), permitting a limited
- number of updates per grace period.
+ number of updates per grace period. Better yet, periodically
+ invoke rcu_barrier() to wait for all outstanding callbacks.
The same cautions apply to call_srcu() and kfree_rcu().