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-rw-r--r--kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c9
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index f321ed515f3a..9e2abd6a38a5 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -197,10 +197,8 @@ static struct cpuset top_cpuset = {
/*
* There are two global locks guarding cpuset structures - cpuset_mutex and
- * callback_lock. We also require taking task_lock() when dereferencing a
- * task's cpuset pointer. See "The task_lock() exception", at the end of this
- * comment. The cpuset code uses only cpuset_mutex. Other kernel subsystems
- * can use cpuset_lock()/cpuset_unlock() to prevent change to cpuset
+ * callback_lock. The cpuset code uses only cpuset_mutex. Other kernel
+ * subsystems can use cpuset_lock()/cpuset_unlock() to prevent change to cpuset
* structures. Note that cpuset_mutex needs to be a mutex as it is used in
* paths that rely on priority inheritance (e.g. scheduler - on RT) for
* correctness.
@@ -229,9 +227,6 @@ static struct cpuset top_cpuset = {
* The cpuset_common_seq_show() handlers only hold callback_lock across
* small pieces of code, such as when reading out possibly multi-word
* cpumasks and nodemasks.
- *
- * Accessing a task's cpuset should be done in accordance with the
- * guidelines for accessing subsystem state in kernel/cgroup.c
*/
static DEFINE_MUTEX(cpuset_mutex);