linux-kernel - [patch V2 06/19] PCI/MSI: Correct misleading comments

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jul 2021 23:51:45 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
Subject: [patch V2 06/19] PCI/MSI: Correct misleading comments

The comments about preserving the cached state in pci_msi[x]_shutdown() are
misleading as the MSI descriptors are freed right after those functions
return. So there is nothing to restore.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
V2: New patch
---
 drivers/pci/msi.c |    5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/pci/msi.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/msi.c
@@ -961,7 +961,6 @@ static void pci_msi_shutdown(struct pci_
 
 	/* Return the device with MSI unmasked as initial states */
 	mask = msi_mask(desc->msi_attrib.multi_cap);
-	/* Keep cached state to be restored */
 	__pci_msi_desc_mask_irq(desc, mask, 0);
 
 	/* Restore dev->irq to its default pin-assertion IRQ */
@@ -1047,10 +1046,8 @@ static void pci_msix_shutdown(struct pci
 	}
 
 	/* Return the device with MSI-X masked as initial states */
-	for_each_pci_msi_entry(entry, dev) {
-		/* Keep cached states to be restored */
+	for_each_pci_msi_entry(entry, dev)
 		__pci_msix_desc_mask_irq(entry, 1);
-	}
 
 	pci_msix_clear_and_set_ctrl(dev, PCI_MSIX_FLAGS_ENABLE, 0);
 	pci_intx_for_msi(dev, 1);