[tip:core/rseq] rseq: Clean up comments by reflecting removal of event counter

From: tip-bot for Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Fri Apr 19 2019 - 15:06:32 EST


Commit-ID: bff9504bfc9c5c6610b42d47f689f350fd969eb8
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/bff9504bfc9c5c6610b42d47f689f350fd969eb8
Author: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 14:47:53 -0500
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:39:31 +0200

rseq: Clean up comments by reflecting removal of event counter

The "event counter" was removed from rseq before it was merged upstream.
However, a few comments in the source code still refer to it. Adapt the
comments to match reality.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ben Maurer <bmaurer@xxxxxx>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Watson <davejwatson@xxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190305194755.2602-2-mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/kernel/signal.c | 3 +--
arch/x86/kernel/signal.c | 5 +----
kernel/rseq.c | 3 +--
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index 76bb8de6bf6b..be5edfdde558 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -549,8 +549,7 @@ static void handle_signal(struct ksignal *ksig, struct pt_regs *regs)
int ret;

/*
- * Increment event counter and perform fixup for the pre-signal
- * frame.
+ * Perform fixup for the pre-signal frame.
*/
rseq_signal_deliver(ksig, regs);

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index 08dfd4c1a4f9..22c233b509da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -688,10 +688,7 @@ setup_rt_frame(struct ksignal *ksig, struct pt_regs *regs)
sigset_t *set = sigmask_to_save();
compat_sigset_t *cset = (compat_sigset_t *) set;

- /*
- * Increment event counter and perform fixup for the pre-signal
- * frame.
- */
+ /* Perform fixup for the pre-signal frame. */
rseq_signal_deliver(ksig, regs);

/* Set up the stack frame */
diff --git a/kernel/rseq.c b/kernel/rseq.c
index 25e9a7b60eba..849afe749131 100644
--- a/kernel/rseq.c
+++ b/kernel/rseq.c
@@ -254,8 +254,7 @@ static int rseq_ip_fixup(struct pt_regs *regs)
* - signal delivery,
* and return to user-space.
*
- * This is how we can ensure that the entire rseq critical section,
- * consisting of both the C part and the assembly instruction sequence,
+ * This is how we can ensure that the entire rseq critical section
* will issue the commit instruction only if executed atomically with
* respect to other threads scheduled on the same CPU, and with respect
* to signal handlers.