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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
@@ -99,11 +99,18 @@ o "qp" indicates that RCU still expects a quiescent state from
o "dt" is the current value of the dyntick counter that is incremented
when entering or leaving dynticks idle state, either by the
- scheduler or by irq. This number is even if the CPU is in
- dyntick idle mode and odd otherwise. The number after the first
- "/" is the interrupt nesting depth when in dyntick-idle state,
- or one greater than the interrupt-nesting depth otherwise.
- The number after the second "/" is the NMI nesting depth.
+ scheduler or by irq. The number after the "/" is the interrupt
+ nesting depth when in dyntick-idle state, or one greater than
+ the interrupt-nesting depth otherwise.
+
+ This field is displayed only for CONFIG_NO_HZ kernels.
+
+o "dn" is the current value of the dyntick counter that is incremented
+ when entering or leaving dynticks idle state via NMI. If both
+ the "dt" and "dn" values are even, then this CPU is in dynticks
+ idle mode and may be ignored by RCU. If either of these two
+ counters is odd, then RCU must be alert to the possibility of
+ an RCU read-side critical section running on this CPU.
This field is displayed only for CONFIG_NO_HZ kernels.