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authorMark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>2015-09-16 20:44:25 +0100
committerMark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>2015-09-16 20:44:25 +0100
commit92243b6fc8fcb16bf401b055f7a0ba79f70a4115 (patch)
tree08e9fa205efb9bfab23b6ea59fc0a3eaa3fed82b /kernel/task_work.c
parenta394d635193b641f2c86ead5ada5b115d57c51f8 (diff)
parent6ff33f3902c3b1c5d0db6b1e2c70b6d76fba357f (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.3-rc1' into spi-fix-doc
Linux 4.3-rc1
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/task_work.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/task_work.c12
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/task_work.c b/kernel/task_work.c
index 8727032e3a6f..53fa971d000d 100644
--- a/kernel/task_work.c
+++ b/kernel/task_work.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ static struct callback_head work_exited; /* all we need is ->next == NULL */
* This is like the signal handler which runs in kernel mode, but it doesn't
* try to wake up the @task.
*
+ * Note: there is no ordering guarantee on works queued here.
+ *
* RETURNS:
* 0 if succeeds or -ESRCH.
*/
@@ -108,16 +110,6 @@ void task_work_run(void)
raw_spin_unlock_wait(&task->pi_lock);
smp_mb();
- /* Reverse the list to run the works in fifo order */
- head = NULL;
- do {
- next = work->next;
- work->next = head;
- head = work;
- work = next;
- } while (work);
-
- work = head;
do {
next = work->next;
work->func(work);