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srcu: Update synchronize_srcu_expedited()'s comments

Because synchronize_srcu_expedited() no longer uses
synchronize_rcu_sched_expedited(), synchronize_srcu_expedited() no longer
indirectly acquires any CPU-hotplug-related locks.  This commit therefore
updates the comments accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Lai Jiangshan 12 years ago
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1 changed files with 5 additions and 6 deletions
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      kernel/srcu.c

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kernel/srcu.c

@@ -477,12 +477,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_srcu);
  * Wait for an SRCU grace period to elapse, but be more aggressive about
  * spinning rather than blocking when waiting.
  *
- * Note that it is illegal to call this function while holding any lock
- * that is acquired by a CPU-hotplug notifier.  It is also illegal to call
- * synchronize_srcu_expedited() from the corresponding SRCU read-side
- * critical section; doing so will result in deadlock.  However, it is
- * perfectly legal to call synchronize_srcu_expedited() on one srcu_struct
- * from some other srcu_struct's read-side critical section, as long as
+ * Note that it is also illegal to call synchronize_srcu_expedited()
+ * from the corresponding SRCU read-side critical section;
+ * doing so will result in deadlock.  However, it is perfectly legal
+ * to call synchronize_srcu_expedited() on one srcu_struct from some
+ * other srcu_struct's read-side critical section, as long as
  * the resulting graph of srcu_structs is acyclic.
  */
 void synchronize_srcu_expedited(struct srcu_struct *sp)