linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/3] workqueue: Fix manage

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Date:	Wed, 21 Aug 2013 08:50:40 +0800
From:	Libin <huawei.libin@...wei.com>
To:	<tj@...nel.org>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <wangyijing@...wei.com>,
	<guohanjun@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] workqueue: Fix manage_workers() RETURNS description

No functional change. The comment of function manage_workers()
RETURNS description is obvious wrong, same as the CONTEXT.
Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Libin <huawei.libin@...wei.com>
---
 kernel/workqueue.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 26644ce..46a0de0 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -2034,8 +2034,11 @@ static bool maybe_destroy_workers(struct worker_pool *pool)
  * multiple times.  Does GFP_KERNEL allocations.
  *
  * RETURNS:
- * spin_lock_irq(pool->lock) which may be released and regrabbed
- * multiple times.  Does GFP_KERNEL allocations.
+ * %false if the pool don't need management and the caller can safely
+ * start processing works, %true indicates that the function released
+ * pool->lock and reacquired it to perform some management function
+ * and that the conditions that the caller verified while holding the
+ * lock before calling the function might no longer be true.
  */
 static bool manage_workers(struct worker *worker)
 {
-- 
1.8.2.1


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