linux-kernel - [PATCH] sched: Remove obsolete comment in __cond

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:23:45 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: [PATCH] sched: Remove obsolete comment in __cond_resched()

Remove the outdated comment from __cond_resched() related
to the now removed Big Kernel Semaphore.

Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
---
 kernel/sched.c |    5 -----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 649ec92..7b2ab88 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -6605,11 +6605,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sched_yield)
 
 static void __cond_resched(void)
 {
-	/*
-	 * The BKS might be reacquired before we have dropped
-	 * PREEMPT_ACTIVE, which could trigger a second
-	 * cond_resched() call.
-	 */
 	add_preempt_count(PREEMPT_ACTIVE);
 	schedule();
 	sub_preempt_count(PREEMPT_ACTIVE);
-- 
1.6.2.3

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