| Date | Mon, 19 Aug 2019 16:31:45 +0200 | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | [patch 04/44] posix-cpu-timers: Fixup stale comment |
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The comment above cleanup_timers() is outdated. The timers are only removed from the task/process list heads but not modified in any other way.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> --- kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c +++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c @@ -412,9 +412,10 @@ static void cleanup_timers_list(struct l } /* - * Clean out CPU timers still ticking when a thread exited. The task - * pointer is cleared, and the expiry time is replaced with the residual - * time for later timer_gettime calls to return. + * Clean out CPU timers which are still armed when a thread exits. The + * timers are only removed from the list. No other updates are done. The + * corresponding posix timers are still accessible, but cannot be rearmed. + * * This must be called with the siglock held. */ static void cleanup_timers(struct list_head *head)
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