[tip:core/core] rcu: Fix outdated rcu_scheduler_active comment

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Commit-ID:  0d95092ccba1a30b74fa52ff94ec5415e63744a0
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/0d95092ccba1a30b74fa52ff94ec5415e63744a0
Author:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 05:00:03 -0700
Committer:  Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:01:39 -0700

rcu: Fix outdated rcu_scheduler_active comment

The comment header for rcu_scheduler_active states that it is used
to optimize synchronize_sched() at early boot.  This is incorrect.
The synchronize_sched() function instead checks the number of online
CPUs.  This commit therefore replaces the comment's synchronize_sched()
with synchronize_rcu(), which really does use rcu_scheduler_active for
this purpose.

Reported-by: Lihao Liang <lihao.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index c7f1bc4..0fa692f 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ int rcu_num_nodes __read_mostly = NUM_RCU_NODES; /* Total # rcu_nodes in use. */
  * The rcu_scheduler_active variable transitions from zero to one just
  * before the first task is spawned.  So when this variable is zero, RCU
  * can assume that there is but one task, allowing RCU to (for example)
- * optimize synchronize_sched() to a simple barrier().  When this variable
+ * optimize synchronize_rcu() to a simple barrier().  When this variable
  * is one, RCU must actually do all the hard work required to detect real
  * grace periods.  This variable is also used to suppress boot-time false
  * positives from lockdep-RCU error checking.
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