- * The following two API's must be used when attempting
- * to serialize the updates to cpu_online_mask, cpu_present_mask.
+ * The following two APIs (cpu_maps_update_begin/done) must be used when
+ * attempting to serialize the updates to cpu_online_mask & cpu_present_mask.
+ * The APIs cpu_notifier_register_begin/done() must be used to protect CPU
+ * hotplug callback (un)registration performed using __register_cpu_notifier()
+ * or __unregister_cpu_notifier().