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Date:	Thu, 18 Aug 2016 06:42:16 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Davidlohr Bueso <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dave@...olabs.net,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, dbueso@...e.de, peterz@...radead.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com
Subject: [tip:locking/core] locking/rwsem: Remove a few useless comments

Commit-ID:  c2867bbaf5d8f1534cae15175a389c5cbf58fec1
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/c2867bbaf5d8f1534cae15175a389c5cbf58fec1
Author:     Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
AuthorDate: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 01:04:44 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:37:07 +0200

locking/rwsem: Remove a few useless comments

Our rwsem code (xadd, at least) is rather well documented, but
there are a few really annoying comments in there that serve
no purpose and we shouldn't bother with them.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Waiman.Long@...com
Cc: dave@...olabs.net
Cc: jason.low2@....com
Cc: wanpeng.li@...mail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1470384285-32163-3-git-send-email-dave@stgolabs.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
index b036231..e02fe32 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ struct rw_semaphore __sched *rwsem_down_read_failed(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 	WAKE_Q(wake_q);
 
-	/* set up my own style of waitqueue */
 	waiter.task = tsk;
 	waiter.type = RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_READ;
 
@@ -613,7 +612,6 @@ struct rw_semaphore *rwsem_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
 locked:
 
-	/* do nothing if list empty */
 	if (!list_empty(&sem->wait_list))
 		__rwsem_mark_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_ANY, &wake_q);
 
@@ -637,7 +635,6 @@ struct rw_semaphore *rwsem_downgrade_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
 
-	/* do nothing if list empty */
 	if (!list_empty(&sem->wait_list))
 		__rwsem_mark_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_READ_OWNED, &wake_q);