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rcu: Update rcu_report_qs_rsp() comment

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The header comment for rcu_report_qs_rsp() was obsolete, dating well
before the advent of RCU grace-period kthreads.  This commit therefore
brings this comment back into alignment with current reality.

Reported-by: Lihao Liang <lihao.liang@cs.ox.ac.uk>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Paul E. McKenney 2015-12-10 09:59:43 -08:00
parent bb53e416e0
commit 8994515cf0
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@ -2234,11 +2234,13 @@ static bool rcu_start_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp)
}
/*
* Report a full set of quiescent states to the specified rcu_state
* data structure. This involves cleaning up after the prior grace
* period and letting rcu_start_gp() start up the next grace period
* if one is needed. Note that the caller must hold rnp->lock, which
* is released before return.
* Report a full set of quiescent states to the specified rcu_state data
* structure. Invoke rcu_gp_kthread_wake() to awaken the grace-period
* kthread if another grace period is required. Whether we wake
* the grace-period kthread or it awakens itself for the next round
* of quiescent-state forcing, that kthread will clean up after the
* just-completed grace period. Note that the caller must hold rnp->lock,
* which is released before return.
*/
static void rcu_report_qs_rsp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags)
__releases(rcu_get_root(rsp)->lock)