linux-kernel - [PATCH] sched: fix a stale comment in pick_next

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Message-Id: <20210519063709.323162-1-masahiroy@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 19 May 2021 15:37:09 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] sched: fix a stale comment in pick_next_task()

fair_sched_class->next no longer exists since commit a87e749e8fa1
("sched: Remove struct sched_class::next field").

Now the sched_class order is specified by the linker script.

Rewrite the comment in a more generic way.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
---

 kernel/sched/core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 5226cc26a095..fd3b7079b9f2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4961,7 +4961,7 @@ pick_next_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev, struct rq_flags *rf)
 		if (unlikely(p == RETRY_TASK))
 			goto restart;
 
-		/* Assumes fair_sched_class->next == idle_sched_class */
+		/* Assume the next prioritized class is idle_sched_class */
 		if (!p) {
 			put_prev_task(rq, prev);
 			p = pick_next_task_idle(rq);
-- 
2.27.0