linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/7] sched: Remove obsolete comment in __cond

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:28:09 -0400
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>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] 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Remove the outdated comment from __cond_resched() related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 264b163..bb11547 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -6613,11 +6613,6 @@ static void __cond_resched(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP
 	__might_sleep(__FILE__, __LINE__);
 #endif
-	/*
-	 * 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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