[tip:core/rcu] rcu: Remove comment referring to __stop_machine()

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Commit-ID:  0bdf5984ad647ba5d1c09ed66a75e5bf609456ba
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/0bdf5984ad647ba5d1c09ed66a75e5bf609456ba
Author:     Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 16:11:29 -0800
Committer:  Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:07:38 -0700

rcu: Remove comment referring to __stop_machine()

Although it used to be that CPU_DYING notifiers executed on the outgoing
CPU with interrupts disabled and with all other CPUs spinning, this is
no longer the case.  This commit therefore removes this obsolete comment.

Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/rcutree.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index b2fc234..71df6f9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -2931,11 +2931,6 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 		break;
 	case CPU_DYING:
 	case CPU_DYING_FROZEN:
-		/*
-		 * The whole machine is "stopped" except this CPU, so we can
-		 * touch any data without introducing corruption. We send the
-		 * dying CPU's callbacks to an arbitrarily chosen online CPU.
-		 */
 		for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp)
 			rcu_cleanup_dying_cpu(rsp);
 		rcu_cleanup_after_idle(cpu);
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