In the deep past, rcu_check_callbacks() was only invoked if rcu_pending() returned true. Which was fine, but these days rcu_check_callbacks() is invoked unconditionally. This commit therefore removes the obsolete sentence from the header comment.
Reported-by: Michalis Kokologiannakis <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]> --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index 37e4f7d2be0c..d52780024f9f 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -2828,8 +2828,7 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp) * Also schedule RCU core processing. * * This function must be called from hardirq context. It is normally - * invoked from the scheduling-clock interrupt. If rcu_pending returns - * false, there is no point in invoking rcu_check_callbacks(). + * invoked from the scheduling-clock interrupt. */ void rcu_check_callbacks(int user) { -- 2.5.2
