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doc/RCU/rcu: Use ':ref:' for links to other docs

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Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@amazon.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ must be long enough that any readers accessing the item being deleted have
since dropped their references. For example, an RCU-protected deletion
from a linked list would first remove the item from the list, wait for
a grace period to elapse, then free the element. See the
Documentation/RCU/listRCU.rst file for more information on using RCU with
linked lists.
:ref:`Documentation/RCU/listRCU.rst <list_rcu_doc>` for more information on
using RCU with linked lists.
Frequently Asked Questions
--------------------------
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions
- If I am running on a uniprocessor kernel, which can only do one
thing at a time, why should I wait for a grace period?
See the Documentation/RCU/UP.rst file for more information.
See :ref:`Documentation/RCU/UP.rst <up_doc>` for more information.
- How can I see where RCU is currently used in the Linux kernel?
@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ Frequently Asked Questions
- Why the name "RCU"?
"RCU" stands for "read-copy update". The file Documentation/RCU/listRCU.rst
has more information on where this name came from, search for
"read-copy update" to find it.
"RCU" stands for "read-copy update".
:ref:`Documentation/RCU/listRCU.rst <list_rcu_doc>` has more information on where
this name came from, search for "read-copy update" to find it.
- I hear that RCU is patented? What is with that?