The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     7a0c2b0940c13a06573320ab7118375b35feef8b
Gitweb:        
https://git.kernel.org/tip/7a0c2b0940c13a06573320ab7118375b35feef8b
Author:        Wei Yang <[email protected]>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 12 Jun 2020 10:07:54 +08:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
CommitterDate: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 11:58:51 -07:00

rcu: grpnum just records group number

The ->grpnum field in the rcu_node structure contains the bit position
in this structure's parent's bitmasks, which is not the CPU number.
This commit therefore adjusts this field's comment accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index 9f903f5..c96ae35 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct rcu_node {
                                /*  Only one bit will be set in this mask. */
        int     grplo;          /* lowest-numbered CPU here. */
        int     grphi;          /* highest-numbered CPU here. */
-       u8      grpnum;         /* CPU/group number for next level up. */
+       u8      grpnum;         /* group number for next level up. */
        u8      level;          /* root is at level 0. */
        bool    wait_blkd_tasks;/* Necessary to wait for blocked tasks to */
                                /*  exit RCU read-side critical sections */

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