+ rcupdate-fix-comment.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     rcupdate: fix comment
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     rcupdate-fix-comment.patch

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Subject: rcupdate: fix comment
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This comment caused some consternation during fastcall removal.  Make it
truthful.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 kernel/rcupdate.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN kernel/rcupdate.c~rcupdate-fix-comment kernel/rcupdate.c
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c~rcupdate-fix-comment
+++ a/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ static atomic_t rcu_barrier_cpu_count;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(rcu_barrier_mutex);
 static struct completion rcu_barrier_completion;
 
-/* Because of FASTCALL declaration of complete, we use this wrapper */
+/*
+ * Awaken the corresponding synchronize_rcu() instance now that a
+ * grace period has elapsed.
+ */
 static void wakeme_after_rcu(struct rcu_head  *head)
 {
 	struct rcu_synchronize *rcu;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
rcupdate-fix-comment.patch
git-sched.patch

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