linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] sched/fair: Correct obsolete comment about cpufreq_update

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Date:   Fri, 15 Dec 2017 07:39:43 -0800
From:   Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>,
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Subject: [PATCH 2/3] sched/fair: Correct obsolete comment about cpufreq_update_util

Since the remote cpufreq callback work, the cpufreq_update_util call can happen
from remote CPUs. The comment about local CPUs is thus obsolete. Update it
accordingly.

Reviewed-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 2fe3aa853e4d..1b10821d8380 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3020,9 +3020,7 @@ static inline void cfs_rq_util_change(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 		/*
 		 * There are a few boundary cases this might miss but it should
 		 * get called often enough that that should (hopefully) not be
-		 * a real problem -- added to that it only calls on the local
-		 * CPU, so if we enqueue remotely we'll miss an update, but
-		 * the next tick/schedule should update.
+		 * a real problem.
 		 *
 		 * It will not get called when we go idle, because the idle
 		 * thread is a different class (!fair), nor will the utilization
-- 
2.15.1.504.g5279b80103-goog