linux-kernel - [PATCH] hrtimer: Remove comment saying HRTIMER

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Date:   Mon, 18 Feb 2019 18:54:05 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH] hrtimer: Remove comment saying HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ is unused.

The comment is obsolete since commit

  5da70160462e8 ("hrtimer: Implement support for softirq based hrtimers")

because it is possible to let a specific hrtimer expire in softirq
context.

Remove the obsolete comment.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
---
 include/linux/interrupt.h | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 4a728dba02e22..9d4306e482d86 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -486,8 +486,7 @@ enum
 	IRQ_POLL_SOFTIRQ,
 	TASKLET_SOFTIRQ,
 	SCHED_SOFTIRQ,
-	HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ, /* Unused, but kept as tools rely on the
-			    numbering. Sigh! */
+	HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ,
 	RCU_SOFTIRQ,    /* Preferable RCU should always be the last softirq */
 
 	NR_SOFTIRQS
-- 
2.20.1