Re: [PATCH 2/3] rcu: Remove stale comment in tree.c

From: Pranith Kumar
Date: Wed Jul 16 2014 - 09:29:01 EST


On 07/16/2014 08:47 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 06:57:59PM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote:
>>
>> On 07/15/2014 06:53 PM, josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 06:31:48PM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote:
>>>> This commit removes a stale comment in rcu/tree.c.
>>>> FYI, an updated comment exists a few lines below this.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> In general, when removing a stale comment, I'd suggest explaining why
>>> the comment is stale. Was code removed without removing the
>>> corresponding comment, or was code changed such that the comment no
>>> longer applies, or...?
>>
>> I guess it was left out when code was moved around previously. And I did mention that an updated comment is there a few lines below.
>>
>> For reference this is the new comment which is below the old comment, they mean the same :)
>>
>> /* Remove the outgoing CPU from the masks in the rcu_node hierarchy. */
>
> Indeed that is the case.
>
> Please update the commit log with this explanation and resend.
>
> Thanx, Paul
>

Please find the updated patch below.

--
Pranith

From: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 16:01:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] rcu: Remove stale comment in tree.c

This commit removes a stale comment in rcu/tree.c which was left out when some
code was moved around previously.

For reference, the following updated comment exists a few lines below this which
means the same.

/* Remove the outgoing CPU from the masks in the rcu_node hierarchy. */

Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index a1abaa8..e67246e 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2211,8 +2211,6 @@ static void rcu_cleanup_dead_cpu(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)
/* Adjust any no-longer-needed kthreads. */
rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(rnp, -1);

- /* Remove the dead CPU from the bitmasks in the rcu_node hierarchy. */
-
/* Exclude any attempts to start a new grace period. */
mutex_lock(&rsp->onoff_mutex);
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rsp->orphan_lock, flags);
--
1.9.1

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