Fix: auto-resize hash table destroy deadlock

[urcu.git] / include / urcu / rculfhash.h

diff --git a/include/urcu/rculfhash.h b/include/urcu/rculfhash.h
index 8586e1da371f86e2c19518f60a8cef69e6db691e..fbd33cc3ff346c704ae264d724563977a5ff473f 100644 (file)
--- a/include/urcu/rculfhash.h
+++ b/include/urcu/rculfhash.h
@@ -247,16 +247,16 @@ struct cds_lfht *cds_lfht_new(unsigned long init_size,
  *
  * Return 0 on success, negative error value on error.
 
+ * Threads calling this API need to be registered RCU read-side threads.
+ *
  * Prior to liburcu 0.10:
- * - Threads calling this API need to be registered RCU read-side
- *   threads.
  * - cds_lfht_destroy should *not* be called from a RCU read-side
  *   critical section. It should *not* be called from a call_rcu thread
  *   context neither.
  *
  * Starting from liburcu 0.10, rculfhash implements its own worker
- * thread to handle resize operations, which removes RCU requirements on
- * cds_lfht_destroy.
+ * thread to handle resize operations, which removes the above RCU
+ * read-side critical section requirement on cds_lfht_destroy.
  */
 extern
 int cds_lfht_destroy(struct cds_lfht *ht, pthread_attr_t **attr);