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-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index eebd9a6..10f655e 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -2034,8 +2034,11 @@ static bool maybe_destroy_workers(struct worker_pool *pool)
* multiple times. Does GFP_KERNEL allocations.
*
* RETURNS:
- * spin_lock_irq(pool->lock) which may be released and regrabbed
- * multiple times. Does GFP_KERNEL allocations.
+ * %false if the pool don't need management and the caller can safely start
+ * processing works, %true indicates that the function released pool->lock
+ * and reacquired it to perform some management function and that the
+ * conditions that the caller verified while holding the lock before
+ * calling the function might no longer be true.
*/
static bool manage_workers(struct worker *worker)
{
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