[patch V3 55/64] futex: Cleanup stale comments

From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com>,
	Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Subject: [patch V3 55/64] futex: Cleanup stale comments
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2021 17:13:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210805153955.997745091@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20210805151300.330412127@linutronix.de

From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

The futex key reference mechanism is long gone. Cleanup the stale comments
which still mention it.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
V2: Cleanup more key ref comments - Andre
---
 kernel/futex.c |   18 +++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
---

--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ static int lock_pi_update_atomic(u32 __u
  *  -  1 - acquired the lock;
  *  - <0 - error
  *
- * The hb->lock and futex_key refs shall be held by the caller.
+ * The hb->lock must be held by the caller.
  *
  * @exiting is only set when the return value is -EBUSY. If so, this holds
  * a refcount on the exiting task on return and the caller needs to drop it
@@ -2621,8 +2621,7 @@ static void futex_wait_queue_me(struct f
  *
  * Setup the futex_q and locate the hash_bucket.  Get the futex value and
  * compare it with the expected value.  Handle atomic faults internally.
- * Return with the hb lock held and a q.key reference on success, and unlocked
- * with no q.key reference on failure.
+ * Return with the hb lock held on success, and unlocked on failure.
  *
  * Return:
  *  -  0 - uaddr contains val and hb has been locked;
@@ -2700,8 +2699,8 @@ static int futex_wait(u32 __user *uaddr,
 			       current->timer_slack_ns);
 retry:
 	/*
-	 * Prepare to wait on uaddr. On success, holds hb lock and increments
-	 * q.key refs.
+	 * Prepare to wait on uaddr. On success, it holds hb->lock and q
+	 * is initialized.
 	 */
 	ret = futex_wait_setup(uaddr, val, flags, &q, &hb);
 	if (ret)
@@ -2712,7 +2711,6 @@ static int futex_wait(u32 __user *uaddr,
 
 	/* If we were woken (and unqueued), we succeeded, whatever. */
 	ret = 0;
-	/* unqueue_me() drops q.key ref */
 	if (!unqueue_me(&q))
 		goto out;
 	ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
@@ -3205,8 +3203,8 @@ static int futex_wait_requeue_pi(u32 __u
 	q.requeue_pi_key = &key2;
 
 	/*
-	 * Prepare to wait on uaddr. On success, increments q.key (key1) ref
-	 * count.
+	 * Prepare to wait on uaddr. On success, it holds hb->lock and q
+	 * is initialized.
 	 */
 	ret = futex_wait_setup(uaddr, val, flags, &q, &hb);
 	if (ret)
@@ -3235,9 +3233,7 @@ static int futex_wait_requeue_pi(u32 __u
 	 * In order for us to be here, we know our q.key == key2, and since
 	 * we took the hb->lock above, we also know that futex_requeue() has
 	 * completed and we no longer have to concern ourselves with a wakeup
-	 * race with the atomic proxy lock acquisition by the requeue code. The
-	 * futex_requeue dropped our key1 reference and incremented our key2
-	 * reference count.
+	 * race with the atomic proxy lock acquisition by the requeue code.
 	 */
 
 	/*

