linux-kernel - [PATCH 28/37] softirq: Remove stale comment

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Message-Id: <20190228171242.32144-29-frederic@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 28 Feb 2019 18:12:33 +0100
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        Pavan Kondeti <pkondeti@...eaurora.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Subject: [PATCH 28/37] softirq: Remove stale comment

__local_bh_disable_ip() is neither for strict internal use nor does it
require the caller to disable hardirqs. Probaby a celebration for ancient
behaviour.

Reviewed-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Pavan Kondeti <pkondeti@...eaurora.org>
Cc: Paul E . McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: David S . Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 kernel/softirq.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 6c703bbb718b..60d1706ad47e 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -104,10 +104,6 @@ static bool ksoftirqd_running(unsigned long pending)
  * softirq and whether we just have bh disabled.
  */
 
-/*
- * This one is for softirq.c-internal use,
- * where hardirqs are disabled legitimately:
- */
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
 void __local_bh_disable_ip(unsigned long ip, unsigned int cnt)
 {
-- 
2.21.0