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@@ -408,7 +408,10 @@ member of the rcu_dereference() to use in various situations:
RCU flavors, an RCU read-side critical section is entered
using rcu_read_lock(), anything that disables bottom halves,
anything that disables interrupts, or anything that disables
- preemption.
+ preemption. Please note that spinlock critical sections
+ are also implied RCU read-side critical sections, even when
+ they are preemptible, as they are in kernels built with
+ CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y.
2. If the access might be within an RCU read-side critical section
on the one hand, or protected by (say) my_lock on the other,