From: Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzho...@gmail.com>
Because RCU avoids interrupting idle CPUs, rcu_is_watching is used to
test whether or not it is currently legal to run RCU read-side
critical sections on this CPU.
First sentence and last sentence of current comment for rcu_is_watching
have opposite meaning of what is expected.
Signed-off-by: Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzho...@gmail.com>
---
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 0b760c1..adb04ea 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1010,12 +1010,12 @@ void rcu_irq_enter_irqson(void)
}
/**
- * rcu_is_watching - see if RCU thinks that the current CPU is idle
+ * rcu_is_watching - see if RCU thinks that the current CPU is not idle
*
* Return true if RCU is watching the running CPU, which means that this
* CPU can safely enter RCU read-side critical sections. In other words,
- * if the current CPU is in its idle loop and is neither in an interrupt
- * or NMI handler, return true.
+ * if the current CPU is not in its idle loop or is in an interrupt or
+ * NMI handler, return true.
*/
bool notrace rcu_is_watching(void)
{
--
2.1.4
