linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 4/7] console: Drop misleading comment

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Message-Id: <20200203133130.11591-4-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Mon,  3 Feb 2020 15:31:27 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 4/7] console: Drop misleading comment

	/* find the last or real console */

This comment is misleading. The purpose of the loop is to check
if we are trying to register boot console when one had been
registered before.

Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
---
v5: no change

 kernel/printk/printk.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index c63338df76cf..463ed5c5474e 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2668,7 +2668,6 @@ void register_console(struct console *newcon)
 	 * already have a valid console
 	 */
 	if (newcon->flags & CON_BOOT) {
-		/* find the last or real console */
 		for_each_console(bcon) {
 			if (!(bcon->flags & CON_BOOT)) {
 				pr_info("Too late to register bootconsole %s%d\n",
-- 
2.24.1