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tick_handover_do_timer() which is invoked when a CPU is unplugged has a check for cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask) when it tries to hand over the tick update duty. Checking the result of cpumask_first() there is pointless because if the online mask is empty at this point, then this would be the last CPU in the system going offline, which is impossible. There is always at least one CPU remaining. If online mask would be really empty then the timer duty would be the least of the resulting problems. Remove the well meant check simply because it is pointless and confusing. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201206212002.582579516@linutronix.de
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.