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-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/srcu.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcu.c b/kernel/rcu/srcu.c
index fb33d35ee0b7..de35087c92a5 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcu.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcu.c
@@ -252,14 +252,15 @@ static bool srcu_readers_active_idx_check(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx)
}
/**
- * srcu_readers_active - returns approximate number of readers.
+ * srcu_readers_active - returns true if there are readers. and false
+ * otherwise
* @sp: which srcu_struct to count active readers (holding srcu_read_lock).
*
* Note that this is not an atomic primitive, and can therefore suffer
* severe errors when invoked on an active srcu_struct. That said, it
* can be useful as an error check at cleanup time.
*/
-static int srcu_readers_active(struct srcu_struct *sp)
+static bool srcu_readers_active(struct srcu_struct *sp)
{
int cpu;
unsigned long sum = 0;