linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/7] rcu: Remove obsolete rcu_check

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Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:57:08 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        dvhart@...ux.intel.com, fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
        bobby.prani@...il.com,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/7] rcu: Remove obsolete rcu_check_callbacks() header comment

In the deep past, rcu_check_callbacks() was only invoked if rcu_pending()
returned true.  Which was fine, but these days rcu_check_callbacks()
is invoked unconditionally.  This commit therefore removes the obsolete
sentence from the header comment.

Reported-by: Michalis Kokologiannakis <mixaskok@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 37e4f7d2be0c..d52780024f9f 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2828,8 +2828,7 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
  * Also schedule RCU core processing.
  *
  * This function must be called from hardirq context.  It is normally
- * invoked from the scheduling-clock interrupt.  If rcu_pending returns
- * false, there is no point in invoking rcu_check_callbacks().
+ * invoked from the scheduling-clock interrupt.
  */
 void rcu_check_callbacks(int user)
 {
-- 
2.5.2