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From: tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <tipbot@zytor.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: hpa@zytor.com, rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
mingo@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
peterz@infradead.org
Subject: [tip:timers/urgent] clocksource: Rework stale comment
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 07:15:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-7dba33c6346c337aac3f7cd188137d4a6d3d1f3a@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180430100344.656525644@infradead.org>
Commit-ID: 7dba33c6346c337aac3f7cd188137d4a6d3d1f3a
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/7dba33c6346c337aac3f7cd188137d4a6d3d1f3a
Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
AuthorDate: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:00:14 +0200
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitDate: Wed, 2 May 2018 16:10:41 +0200
clocksource: Rework stale comment
AFAICS the hotplug code no longer uses this function.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Cc: len.brown@intel.com
Cc: rjw@rjwysocki.net
Cc: diego.viola@gmail.com
Cc: rui.zhang@intel.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180430100344.656525644@infradead.org
---
kernel/time/clocksource.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 605656df16c4..84f37420fcf5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -173,10 +173,8 @@ static void __clocksource_unstable(struct clocksource *cs)
* clocksource_mark_unstable - mark clocksource unstable via watchdog
* @cs: clocksource to be marked unstable
*
- * This function is called instead of clocksource_change_rating from
- * cpu hotplug code to avoid a deadlock between the clocksource mutex
- * and the cpu hotplug mutex. It defers the update of the clocksource
- * to the watchdog thread.
+ * This function is called by the x86 TSC code to mark clocksources as unstable;
+ * it defers demotion and re-selection to a kthread.
*/
void clocksource_mark_unstable(struct clocksource *cs)
{
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-02 14:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-30 10:00 [PATCH v2 0/7] Various tsc/clocksource fixes Peter Zijlstra
2018-04-30 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] x86,tsc: Always unregister clocksource_tsc_early Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-02 14:12 ` [tip:timers/urgent] x86/tsc: " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2018-04-30 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] clocksource: Allow clocksource_mark_unstable() on unregisered clocksources Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-02 13:35 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-05-02 13:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-02 14:13 ` [tip:timers/urgent] clocksource: Allow clocksource_mark_unstable() on unregistered clocksources tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2018-04-30 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] clocksource: Initialize cs->wd_list Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-02 13:37 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-05-02 13:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-02 14:13 ` [tip:timers/urgent] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2018-04-30 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] x86,tsc: Fix mark_tsc_unstable() Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-02 14:14 ` [tip:timers/urgent] x86/tsc: " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2018-04-30 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] clocksource: Consistent de-rate when marking unstable Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-02 14:14 ` [tip:timers/urgent] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2018-04-30 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] clocksource: Rework stale comment Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-02 14:15 ` tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2018-04-30 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] clocksource: Remove kthread Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-02 14:42 ` [tip:timers/core] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-01 9:12 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] Various tsc/clocksource fixes Rafael J. Wysocki
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