linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/5] lib/cpumask: delete misleading comment

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Date:   Mon,  5 Sep 2022 16:08:18 -0700
From:   Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
        Sander Vanheule <sander@...nheule.net>,
        Alexey Klimov <klimov.linux@...il.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/5] lib/cpumask: delete misleading comment

The comment says that HOTPLUG config option enables all cpus in
cpu_possible_mask up to NR_CPUs. This is wrong. Even if HOTPLUG is
enabled, the mask is populated on boot with respect to ACPI/DT records.

Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
---
 include/linux/cpumask.h | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index 0588bfe350d4..8bac1dee8448 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ static inline void set_nr_cpu_ids(unsigned int nr)
  *  cpu_online_mask is the dynamic subset of cpu_present_mask,
  *  indicating those CPUs available for scheduling.
  *
- *  If HOTPLUG is enabled, then cpu_possible_mask is forced to have
- *  all NR_CPUS bits set, otherwise it is just the set of CPUs that
- *  ACPI reports present at boot.
- *
  *  If HOTPLUG is enabled, then cpu_present_mask varies dynamically,
  *  depending on what ACPI reports as currently plugged in, otherwise
  *  cpu_present_mask is just a copy of cpu_possible_mask.
-- 
2.34.1