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diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcu.c b/kernel/rcu/srcu.c
index ef3bcfb15b39..584d8a983883 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcu.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcu.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
* Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
*
* For detailed explanation of Read-Copy Update mechanism see -
- * Documentation/RCU/ *.txt
+ * Documentation/RCU/ *.txt
*
*/
@@ -243,8 +243,14 @@ static bool srcu_readers_active(struct srcu_struct *sp)
* cleanup_srcu_struct - deconstruct a sleep-RCU structure
* @sp: structure to clean up.
*
- * Must invoke this after you are finished using a given srcu_struct that
- * was initialized via init_srcu_struct(), else you leak memory.
+ * Must invoke this only after you are finished using a given srcu_struct
+ * that was initialized via init_srcu_struct(). This code does some
+ * probabalistic checking, spotting late uses of srcu_read_lock(),
+ * synchronize_srcu(), synchronize_srcu_expedited(), and call_srcu().
+ * If any such late uses are detected, the per-CPU memory associated with
+ * the srcu_struct is simply leaked and WARN_ON() is invoked. If the
+ * caller frees the srcu_struct itself, a use-after-free crash will likely
+ * ensue, but at least there will be a warning printed.
*/
void cleanup_srcu_struct(struct srcu_struct *sp)
{