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* [PATCH 1/7] sched: Drop the need_resched() loop from cond_resched()
@ 2009-07-16  6:28 Frederic Weisbecker
  2009-07-16  6:28 ` [PATCH 2/7] sched: Remove obsolete comment in __cond_resched() Frederic Weisbecker
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  0 siblings, 7 replies; 25+ messages in thread
From: Frederic Weisbecker @ 2009-07-16  6:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ingo Molnar; +Cc: LKML, Frederic Weisbecker, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner

The schedule() function is a loop that reschedules the current task
while the TIF_NEED_RESCHED flag is set:

void schedule(void)
{
need_resched:
	/* schedule code */
	if (need_resched())
		goto need_resched;
}

And cond_resched() repeat this loop:

do {
	add_preempt_count(PREEMPT_ACTIVE);
	schedule();
	sub_preempt_count(PREEMPT_ACTIVE);
} while(need_resched());

This loop is needless because schedule() already did the check and
nothing can set TIF_NEED_RESCHED between schedule() exit and the loop
check in need_resched().

Then remove this needless loop.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
---
 kernel/sched.c |    8 +++-----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 75d2c1d..264b163 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -6618,11 +6618,9 @@ static void __cond_resched(void)
 	 * PREEMPT_ACTIVE, which could trigger a second
 	 * cond_resched() call.
 	 */
-	do {
-		add_preempt_count(PREEMPT_ACTIVE);
-		schedule();
-		sub_preempt_count(PREEMPT_ACTIVE);
-	} while (need_resched());
+	add_preempt_count(PREEMPT_ACTIVE);
+	schedule();
+	sub_preempt_count(PREEMPT_ACTIVE);
 }
 
 int __sched _cond_resched(void)
-- 
1.6.2.3


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2009-07-16  6:28 [PATCH 1/7] sched: Drop the need_resched() loop from cond_resched() Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-16  6:28 ` [PATCH 2/7] sched: Remove obsolete comment in __cond_resched() Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-18 14:21   ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-16  6:28 ` [PATCH 3/7] sched: Cover the CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP off-case for __might_sleep() Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-18 14:21   ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-16  6:28 ` [PATCH 4/7] sched: Add a preempt count base offset to __might_sleep() Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-16 14:14   ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-07-16 14:34     ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-07-16 14:42       ` Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-18 14:22   ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-16  6:28 ` [PATCH 5/7] sched: Remove the CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL case definition of cond_resched() Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-18 14:22   ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-16  6:28 ` [PATCH 6/7 v3] sched: Pull up the might_sleep() check in cond_resched() Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-18 14:22   ` [tip:sched/core] sched: Pull up the might_sleep() check into cond_resched() tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-20  6:50     ` Li Zefan
2009-07-20  8:12       ` Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-20  8:49         ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-07-20  9:13           ` Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-20 11:56           ` Ingo Molnar
2009-07-20 11:39         ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-07-22 17:17           ` Frédéric Weisbecker
2009-07-22 17:56             ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-07-16  6:28 ` [PATCH 7/7] sched: Convert the only user of cond_resched_bkl to use cond_resched() Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-18 14:22   ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker
2009-07-18 14:21 ` [tip:sched/core] sched: Drop the need_resched() loop from cond_resched() tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker

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