Re: [PATCH] workqueue: remove the stale comment in pwq_unbound_release_workfn()

[Tejun Heo]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 01:04:27PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> In 75ccf5950f82 ("workqueue: prepare flush_workqueue() for dynamic
> creation and destrucion of unbound pool_workqueues"), a comment
> about the synchronization for the pwq in pwq_unbound_release_workfn()
> was added. The comment clained the flush_mutex was isn't strictly
> necessary, it was correct in that time, due to the pwq was protected
> by workqueue_lock.
> 
> But it is incorrect now since the wq->flush_mutex was renamed to
> wq->mutex and workqueue_lock was removed, the wq->mutex is strictly
> needed. But the comment was miss-updated when the synchronization
> was changed.
> 
> This patch removes the incorrect comments directly, and it doesn't
> add any new comment to explain why wq->mutex is needed here,
> which is definitely obvious and wq->pwqs_node has "WQ" notation
> in its definition which is better comment.
> 
> The old commit mentioned above also introduced a comment in link_pwq()
> about the synchronization. This comment is also removed in this patch
> since the whole link_pwq() is proteced by wq->mutex.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to wq/for-3.17.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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