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search for the string "Patent" in Documentation/RCU/RTFP.txt to find them.
Of these, one was allowed to lapse by the assignee, and the
others have been contributed to the Linux kernel under GPL.
+ Many (but not all) have long since expired.
There are now also LGPL implementations of user-level RCU
available (https://liburcu.org/).
- I hear that RCU needs work in order to support realtime kernels?
- Realtime-friendly RCU can be enabled via the CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
+ Realtime-friendly RCU are enabled via the CONFIG_PREEMPTION
kernel configuration parameter.
- Where can I find more information on RCU?