rcu: Remove SPARSE_RCU_POINTER Kconfig option

[mirror_ubuntu-bionic-kernel.git] / Documentation / RCU / checklist.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
index 877947130ebe63fb822b181fa0bb2cbd011d4218..6beda556faf32a3b3a90719cd20183c6476a9b30 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
@@ -413,11 +413,11 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
        read-side critical sections.  It is the responsibility of the
        RCU update-side primitives to deal with this.
 
-17.    Use CONFIG_PROVE_RCU, CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD, and the
-       __rcu sparse checks (enabled by CONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER) to
-       validate your RCU code.  These can help find problems as follows:
+17.    Use CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING, CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD, and the
+       __rcu sparse checks to validate your RCU code.  These can help
+       find problems as follows:
 
-       CONFIG_PROVE_RCU: check that accesses to RCU-protected data
+       CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING: check that accesses to RCU-protected data
                structures are carried out under the proper RCU
                read-side critical section, while holding the right
                combination of locks, or whatever other conditions