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Subject[PATCH v3 tip/core/rcu 29/40] srcu: Fix bogus try_check_zero() comment
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Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
kernel/rcu/srcu.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcu.c b/kernel/rcu/srcu.c
index 0b511de7ca4d..1a2dc74bb625 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcu.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcu.c
@@ -260,10 +260,9 @@ static void srcu_gp_start(struct srcu_struct *sp)
}

/*
- * @@@ Wait until all pre-existing readers complete. Such readers
- * will have used the index specified by "idx".
- * the caller should ensures the ->completed is not changed while checking
- * and idx = (->completed & 1) ^ 1
+ * Wait until all readers counted by array index idx complete, but loop
+ * a maximum of trycount times. The caller must ensure that ->completed
+ * is not changed while checking.
*/
static bool try_check_zero(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx, int trycount)
{
--
2.5.2
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