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From: tip-bot for Davidlohr Bueso <tipbot@zytor.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: dave@stgolabs.net, hpa@zytor.com, dbueso@suse.de,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org,
	longman@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: [tip:locking/core] sched/wake_q: Clarify queue reinit comment
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 02:08:54 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-0754445d71c37a7afd4f0790a9be4cf53c1b8cc4@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170129151531.GA2444@linux-80c1.suse>

Commit-ID:  0754445d71c37a7afd4f0790a9be4cf53c1b8cc4
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/0754445d71c37a7afd4f0790a9be4cf53c1b8cc4
Author:     Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
AuthorDate: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 07:15:31 -0800
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 10:02:18 +0100

sched/wake_q: Clarify queue reinit comment

As of:

  bcc9a76d5ac ("locking/rwsem: Reinit wake_q after use")

the comment regarding the list reinitialization no longer applies,
update it with the new wake_q_init() helper.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Acked-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: longman@redhat.com
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170129151531.GA2444@linux-80c1.suse
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/sched.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 4e62b37..1cc0ded 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1000,8 +1000,8 @@ enum cpu_idle_type {
  *
  * The DEFINE_WAKE_Q macro declares and initializes the list head.
  * wake_up_q() does NOT reinitialize the list; it's expected to be
- * called near the end of a function, where the fact that the queue is
- * not used again will be easy to see by inspection.
+ * called near the end of a function. Otherwise, the list can be
+ * re-initialized for later re-use by wake_q_init().
  *
  * Note that this can cause spurious wakeups. schedule() callers
  * must ensure the call is done inside a loop, confirming that the

      parent reply	other threads:[~2017-02-01 10:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-22  2:33 [PATCH] locking/rwsem: Reinit wake_q after use Waiman Long
2017-01-22 10:14 ` [tip:locking/core] " tip-bot for Waiman Long
2017-01-29 15:15   ` [PATCH -tip] sched/wake_q: Clarify queue reinit Davidlohr Bueso
2017-01-29 16:22     ` Waiman Long
2017-02-01 10:08     ` tip-bot for Davidlohr Bueso [this message]

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