linux-kernel - [PATCH for 5.1 1/3] rseq: cleanup: Reflect removal of event counter in comments

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Message-Id: <20190305194755.2602-2-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Date:   Tue,  5 Mar 2019 14:47:53 -0500
From:   Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>, Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Chris Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Ben Maurer <bmaurer@...com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Subject: [PATCH for 5.1 1/3] rseq: cleanup: Reflect removal of event counter in comments

The "event counter" was removed from rseq before it was merged upstream.
However, a few comments in the source code still refer to it. Adapt the
comments to match reality.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
CC: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC: Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
CC: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC: Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>
CC: Chris Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC: Ben Maurer <bmaurer@...com>
CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
CC: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
CC: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
CC: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/signal.c | 3 +--
 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c | 5 +----
 kernel/rseq.c            | 3 +--
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index 76bb8de6bf6b..be5edfdde558 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -549,8 +549,7 @@ static void handle_signal(struct ksignal *ksig, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
-	 * Increment event counter and perform fixup for the pre-signal
-	 * frame.
+	 * Perform fixup for the pre-signal frame.
 	 */
 	rseq_signal_deliver(ksig, regs);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index 08dfd4c1a4f9..22c233b509da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -688,10 +688,7 @@ setup_rt_frame(struct ksignal *ksig, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	sigset_t *set = sigmask_to_save();
 	compat_sigset_t *cset = (compat_sigset_t *) set;
 
-	/*
-	 * Increment event counter and perform fixup for the pre-signal
-	 * frame.
-	 */
+	/* Perform fixup for the pre-signal frame. */
 	rseq_signal_deliver(ksig, regs);
 
 	/* Set up the stack frame */
diff --git a/kernel/rseq.c b/kernel/rseq.c
index 25e9a7b60eba..849afe749131 100644
--- a/kernel/rseq.c
+++ b/kernel/rseq.c
@@ -254,8 +254,7 @@ static int rseq_ip_fixup(struct pt_regs *regs)
  * - signal delivery,
  * and return to user-space.
  *
- * This is how we can ensure that the entire rseq critical section,
- * consisting of both the C part and the assembly instruction sequence,
+ * This is how we can ensure that the entire rseq critical section
  * will issue the commit instruction only if executed atomically with
  * respect to other threads scheduled on the same CPU, and with respect
  * to signal handlers.
-- 
2.11.0