[tip:core/rcu] rcu: Fix rcu_{node,data} comments about gp_seq_needed

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Commit-ID:  adbccddb4a16b1dbf047d330ae1e78fd1ec80352
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/adbccddb4a16b1dbf047d330ae1e78fd1ec80352
Author:     Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 19:41:26 -0400
Committer:  Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 21:43:20 -0800

rcu: Fix rcu_{node,data} comments about gp_seq_needed

Recent changes have removed the old ->gp_seq_needed field from the
rcu_state structure, which in turn obsoleted a couple of comments in
the rcu_node and rcu_data structures.  This commit therefore updates
these comments accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index 57a937ac51c2..c3e2807a834a 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct rcu_node {
 					/*  some rcu_state fields as well as */
 					/*  following. */
 	unsigned long gp_seq;	/* Track rsp->rcu_gp_seq. */
-	unsigned long gp_seq_needed; /* Track rsp->rcu_gp_seq_needed. */
+	unsigned long gp_seq_needed; /* Track furthest future GP request. */
 	unsigned long completedqs; /* All QSes done for this node. */
 	unsigned long qsmask;	/* CPUs or groups that need to switch in */
 				/*  order for current grace period to proceed.*/
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ union rcu_noqs {
 struct rcu_data {
 	/* 1) quiescent-state and grace-period handling : */
 	unsigned long	gp_seq;		/* Track rsp->rcu_gp_seq counter. */
-	unsigned long	gp_seq_needed;	/* Track rsp->rcu_gp_seq_needed ctr. */
+	unsigned long	gp_seq_needed;	/* Track furthest future GP request. */
 	union rcu_noqs	cpu_no_qs;	/* No QSes yet for this CPU. */
 	bool		core_needs_qs;	/* Core waits for quiesc state. */
 	bool		beenonline;	/* CPU online at least once. */



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