Map symbols to allow multiple RCU flavors to be used in one binary

[urcu.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -201,4 +201,10 @@ Interaction with fork()
        threads) should be released before a fork() is performed, except for the
        rather common scenario where fork() is immediately followed by exec() in
        the child process. The only implementation not subject to that rule is
-       liburcu-bp, which is designed to handle this case.
+       liburcu-bp, which is designed to handle fork() by calling
+       rcu_bp_before_fork, rcu_bp_after_fork_parent and
+       rcu_bp_after_fork_child.
+
+       Applications that use call_rcu() are required to invoke
+       call_rcu_after_fork_child() from the child process after a
+       successful fork() system call that is not followed by exec().