linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] futex: Fix a faulty comment.

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Date:   Tue, 7 Dec 2021 16:03:11 +0900
From:   Jangwoong Kim <6812skiii@...il.com>
To:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, dvhart@...radead.org, dave@...olabs.net,
        André Almeida <andrealmeid@...labora.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] futex: Fix a faulty comment.

From: Jangwoong Kim <6812skiii@...il.com>

Clarify that "woken" saves the last index of futex awoken.

v2 patch had a typo (awaken -> awoken).

Signed-off-by: Jangwoong Kim <6812skiii@...il.com>
---
 kernel/futex/waitwake.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex/waitwake.c b/kernel/futex/waitwake.c
index 4ce0923f1ce3..45d634dacfcb 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/waitwake.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/waitwake.c
@@ -454,9 +454,9 @@ static int futex_wait_multiple_setup(struct
futex_vector *vs, int count, int *wo
                __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);

                /*
-                * Even if something went wrong, if we find out that a futex
-                * was woken, we don't return error and return this index to
-                * userspace
+                * Even if something went wrong, if we find out that any futex
+                * was woken, we don't return error and return the last index
+                * of futex awoken to userspace
                 */
                *woken = unqueue_multiple(vs, i);
                if (*woken >= 0)
--
2.25.1