Re: [PATCH] cleanup sched_yield (sys)call nesting.

[Ingo Molnar <mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>]

* Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <sven-IsH+rWyeNGyzjR9+/8zPv5owlv4uC7bZ@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Subject: clean up chaining in sched_yield()
> From: Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <sdietrich-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
> 
> The call to sys_sched_yield for in-Kernel is messy.
> and the return code from sys_sched_yield is ignored when called from
> in-kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <sdietrich-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
> index 3c11ae0..db2c0f9 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched.c
> @@ -6647,12 +6647,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sched_getaffinity, pid_t, pid, unsigned int, len,
>  }
>  
>  /**
> - * sys_sched_yield - yield the current processor to other threads.
> + * do_sched_yield - yield the current processor to other threads.
>   *
>   * This function yields the current CPU to other tasks. If there are no
>   * other threads running on this CPU then this function will return.
>   */
> -SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sched_yield)
> +static inline void do_sched_yield(void) 
>  {
>  	struct rq *rq = this_rq_lock();
>  
> @@ -6669,6 +6669,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sched_yield)
>  	preempt_enable_no_resched();
>  
>  	schedule();
> +}
> +
> +SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sched_yield)
> +{
> +	do_sched_yield();
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -6746,7 +6751,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cond_resched_softirq);
>  void __sched yield(void)
>  {
>  	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
> -	sys_sched_yield();
> +	do_sched_yield();
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(yield);

Why do you consider an in-kernel call to sys_*() 'messy'? It is not - 
and we rely on being able to do it with various syscalls.

Also, your patch bloats the scheduler a bit, for no good reason.

Thanks,

	Ingo