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rcu: Clarify role of ->expmaskinitnext

Analogy with the ->qsmaskinitnext field might lead one to believe that
->expmaskinitnext tracks online CPUs.  This belief is incorrect: Any CPU
that has ever been online will have its bit set in the ->expmaskinitnext
field.  This commit therefore adds a comment to make this clear, at
least to people who read comments.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Paul E. McKenney 10 years ago
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kernel/rcu/tree.h

@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ struct rcu_node {
 				/*  beginning of each expedited GP. */
 	unsigned long expmaskinitnext;
 				/* Online CPUs for next expedited GP. */
+				/*  Any CPU that has ever been online will */
+				/*  have its bit set. */
 	unsigned long grpmask;	/* Mask to apply to parent qsmask. */
 				/*  Only one bit will be set in this mask. */
 	int	grplo;		/* lowest-numbered CPU or group here. */