linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] jump_label: Provide static_key_slow_inc

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Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2017 22:27:08 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     jbaron@...mai.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org,
        bigeasy@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] jump_label: Provide static_key_slow_inc_nohp()

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 12:46:29PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:03:50 +0200
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
> > +++ b/kernel/padata.c
> > @@ -1008,11 +1008,10 @@ static struct padata_instance *padata_al
> >   *                         parallel workers.
> >   *
> >   * @wq: workqueue to use for the allocated padata instance
> > - *
> > - * Must be called from a get_online_cpus() protected region
> 
> Find the comment redundant?

Once there's code that enforces it? Yes. Nobody reads comments
;-)