documentation: Add pointer to percpu-ref for RCU and refcount

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan <[email protected]>
ambv · Jul 8, 2014 · 9963185 · 9963185
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 Reference-count design for elements of lists/arrays protected by RCU.
 
+
+Please note that the percpu-ref feature is likely your first
+stop if you need to combine reference counts and RCU.  Please see
+include/linux/percpu-refcount.h for more information.  However, in
+those unusual cases where percpu-ref would consume too much memory,
+please read on.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 Reference counting on elements of lists which are protected by traditional
 reader/writer spinlocks or semaphores are straightforward: