[tip: timers/core] posix-cpu-timers: Remove incorrect comment in posix_cpu_timer_set()

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

Commit-ID:     286bfaccea76e0bd3805ac6e77c8ec4a18ecb3fe
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/286bfaccea76e0bd3805ac6e77c8ec4a18ecb3fe
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:42:23 +02:00
Committer:     Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 21:57:34 +02:00

posix-cpu-timers: Remove incorrect comment in posix_cpu_timer_set()

A leftover from historical code which describes fiction.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index b1a9a2f..eb28150 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -689,13 +689,8 @@ static int posix_cpu_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timer, int timer_flags,
 			__posix_cpu_timer_get(timer, old, now);
 	}
 
+	/* Retry if the timer expiry is running concurrently */
 	if (unlikely(ret)) {
-		/*
-		 * We are colliding with the timer actually firing.
-		 * Punt after filling in the timer's old value, and
-		 * disable this firing since we are already reporting
-		 * it as an overrun (thanks to bump_cpu_timer above).
-		 */
 		unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
 		goto out;
 	}




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