linux-kernel - [patch RFC 04/29] printk: Remove bogus comment vs. boot consoles

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Date:   Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:27:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
Subject: [patch RFC 04/29] printk: Remove bogus comment vs. boot consoles

The comment about unregistering boot consoles is just not matching the
reality. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/printk/printk.c |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -3213,9 +3213,6 @@ void register_console(struct console *ne
 	if (bootcon_enabled &&
 	    ((newcon->flags & (CON_CONSDEV | CON_BOOT)) == CON_CONSDEV) &&
 	    !keep_bootcon) {
-		/* We need to iterate through all boot consoles, to make
-		 * sure we print everything out, before we unregister them.
-		 */
 		for_each_console(con)
 			if (con->flags & CON_BOOT)
 				unregister_console(con);