All of lore.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* [PATCH 0/6] sched: Cleanup task_struct::state
@ 2021-06-02 13:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 90+ messages in thread
From: Peter Zijlstra @ 2021-06-02 13:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Peter Zijlstra, Juri Lelli,
	Vincent Guittot, Dietmar Eggemann, Steven Rostedt, Ben Segall,
	Mel Gorman, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira
  Cc: Borislav Petkov, x86, H. Peter Anvin, Jens Axboe, Alasdair Kergon,
	Mike Snitzer, dm-devel, David S. Miller, Jakub Kicinski,
	Felipe Balbi, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Alexander Viro, Tejun Heo,
	Zefan Li, Johannes Weiner, Jason Wessel, Daniel Thompson,
	Douglas Anderson, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Mark Rutland,
	Alexander Shishkin

Hi!

The task_struct::state variable is a bit odd in a number of ways:

 - it's declared 'volatile' (against current practises);
 - it's 'unsigned long' which is a weird size;
 - it's type is inconsistent when used for function arguments.

These patches clean that up by making it consistently 'unsigned int', and
replace (almost) all accesses with READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE(). In order to not
miss any, the variable is renamed, ensuring a missed conversion results in a
compile error.

The first few patches fix a number of pre-existing errors and introduce a few
helpers to make the final conversion less painful.



^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 90+ messages in thread

end of thread, other threads:[~2021-06-28  9:52 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: 90+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2021-06-02 13:12 [PATCH 0/6] sched: Cleanup task_struct::state Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12 ` [dm-devel] " Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12 ` [PATCH 1/6] sched: Unbreak wakeups Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12   ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12   ` [dm-devel] " Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:58   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-06-02 13:58     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-06-02 13:58     ` [dm-devel] " Greg Kroah-Hartman
     [not found]   ` <20210602133040.271625424-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2021-06-02 14:47     ` Will Deacon
2021-06-02 14:47       ` Will Deacon
2021-06-02 14:47       ` [dm-devel] " Will Deacon
2021-06-02 19:43   ` Davidlohr Bueso
2021-06-02 19:43     ` Davidlohr Bueso
2021-06-02 19:43     ` [dm-devel] " Davidlohr Bueso
2021-06-02 13:12 ` [PATCH 2/6] sched: Introduce task_is_running() Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12   ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12   ` [dm-devel] " Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 14:59   ` Will Deacon
2021-06-02 14:59     ` Will Deacon
2021-06-02 14:59     ` [dm-devel] " Will Deacon
2021-06-02 16:46     ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 16:46       ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 16:46       ` [dm-devel] " Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 23:15   ` Davidlohr Bueso
2021-06-02 23:15     ` Davidlohr Bueso
2021-06-02 23:15     ` [dm-devel] " Davidlohr Bueso
2021-06-02 13:12 ` [PATCH 3/6] sched,perf,kvm: Fix preemption condition Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12   ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12   ` [dm-devel] " Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:59   ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2021-06-02 13:59     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2021-06-02 13:59     ` [dm-devel] [PATCH 3/6] sched, perf, kvm: " Mathieu Desnoyers
2021-06-02 14:10     ` [PATCH 3/6] sched,perf,kvm: " Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 14:10       ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 14:10       ` [dm-devel] [PATCH 3/6] sched, perf, kvm: " Peter Zijlstra
     [not found]       ` <YLeRVQbXt2hCiO8f-Nxj+rRp3nVydTX5a5knrm8zTDFooKrT+cvkQGrU6aU0@public.gmane.org>
2021-06-02 14:30         ` [PATCH 3/6] sched,perf,kvm: " Mark Rutland
2021-06-02 14:30           ` Mark Rutland
2021-06-02 14:30           ` [dm-devel] [PATCH 3/6] sched, perf, kvm: " Mark Rutland
     [not found]   ` <20210602133040.398289363-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2021-06-02 14:15     ` [PATCH 3/6] sched,perf,kvm: " Mathieu Desnoyers
2021-06-02 14:15       ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2021-06-02 14:15       ` [dm-devel] [PATCH 3/6] sched, perf, kvm: " Mathieu Desnoyers
2021-06-02 14:23       ` [PATCH 3/6] sched,perf,kvm: " Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 14:23         ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 14:23         ` [dm-devel] [PATCH 3/6] sched, perf, kvm: " Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12 ` [PATCH 4/6] sched: Add get_current_state() Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12   ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12   ` [dm-devel] " Peter Zijlstra
     [not found]   ` <20210602133040.461908001-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2021-06-02 14:01     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2021-06-02 14:01       ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2021-06-02 14:01       ` [dm-devel] " Mathieu Desnoyers
2021-06-02 14:12       ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 14:12         ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 14:12         ` [dm-devel] " Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 15:02   ` Will Deacon
2021-06-02 15:02     ` Will Deacon
2021-06-02 15:02     ` [dm-devel] " Will Deacon
2021-06-02 13:12 ` [PATCH 5/6] sched,timer: Use __set_current_state() Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12   ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12   ` [dm-devel] " Peter Zijlstra
     [not found]   ` <20210602133040.524487671-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2021-06-02 15:06     ` Will Deacon
2021-06-02 15:06       ` Will Deacon
2021-06-02 15:06       ` [dm-devel] " Will Deacon
2021-06-02 19:54   ` Davidlohr Bueso
2021-06-02 19:54     ` Davidlohr Bueso
2021-06-02 19:54     ` [dm-devel] " Davidlohr Bueso
2021-06-03  6:39     ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-03  6:39     ` [dm-devel] " Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-03  6:39       ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-18 20:42   ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-06-18 20:42     ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-06-18 20:42     ` [dm-devel] " Thomas Gleixner
2021-06-02 13:12 ` [PATCH 6/6] sched: Change task_struct::state Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12   ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 13:12   ` [dm-devel] " Peter Zijlstra
     [not found]   ` <20210602133040.587042016-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2021-06-02 14:06     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2021-06-02 14:06       ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2021-06-02 14:06       ` [dm-devel] " Mathieu Desnoyers
2021-06-02 14:20       ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 14:20         ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 14:20         ` [dm-devel] " Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-02 15:10     ` Will Deacon
2021-06-02 15:10       ` Will Deacon
2021-06-02 15:10       ` [dm-devel] " Will Deacon
2021-06-07 10:45   ` Daniel Thompson
2021-06-07 10:45     ` Daniel Thompson
2021-06-07 10:45     ` [dm-devel] " Daniel Thompson
     [not found]     ` <20210607104500.sopvslejuoxwzhrs-DWWWtol72k3/PtFMR13I2A@public.gmane.org>
2021-06-07 11:10       ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-07 11:10         ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-07 11:10         ` [dm-devel] " Peter Zijlstra

This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.