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rcu: Make bugginess of code sample more evident

One of the code samples in whatisRCU.txt shows a bug, but someone scanning
the document quickly might mistake it for a valid use of RCU.  Add some
screaming comments to help keep speed-readers on track.

Reported-by: Nathan Zimmer <nzimmer@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Paul E. McKenney 12 years ago
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      Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt

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Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt

@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ rcu_dereference()
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		p = rcu_dereference(head.next);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-		x = p->address;
+		x = p->address;	/* BUG!!! */
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		y = p->data;
+		y = p->data;	/* BUG!!! */
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	Holding a reference from one RCU read-side critical section