rcu: Improve SRCU's wait_idx() comments

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The safety of SRCU is provided byy wait_idx() rather than flipping.
The flipping actually prevents starvation.

This commit therefore updates the comments to more accurately and
precisely describe what is going on.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

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Lai Jiangshan 2012-02-27 09:28:10 -08:00 • committed by Paul E. McKenney

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