linux-kernel - [PATCH] Watchdog: remove outdated comment

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Message-Id: <20181209104726.15610-1-hardiksingh.k@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun,  9 Dec 2018 16:17:26 +0530
From:   Hardik Singh Rathore <hardiksingh.k@...il.com>
To:     linux@...ck-us.net
Cc:     wim@...ux-watchdog.org, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Hardik Singh Rathore <hardiksingh.k@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Watchdog: remove outdated comment

The lock field doesn't exist in watchdog_device structure.
It was added by commit f4e9c82f64b5 ("watchdog: Add Locking support")
and removed by commit b4ffb1909843
("watchdog: Separate and maintain variables based on variable lifetime")

Signed-off-by: Hardik Singh Rathore <hardiksingh.k@...il.com>
---
 include/linux/watchdog.h | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
index 44985c4a1e86..417d9f37077a 100644
--- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
+++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ struct watchdog_ops {
  *
  * The driver-data field may not be accessed directly. It must be accessed
  * via the watchdog_set_drvdata and watchdog_get_drvdata helpers.
- *
- * The lock field is for watchdog core internal use only and should not be
- * touched.
  */
 struct watchdog_device {
 	int id;
-- 
2.17.1