Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 26/86] rcu: remove useless ->boosted_this_gp field

Josh Triplett
2011-05-01T16:05:47Z

On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 06:21:06AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
>
> The ->boosted_this_gp field is a holdover from an earlier design that
> was to carry out multiple boost operations in parallel. It is not required
> by the current design, which boosts one task at a time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Can you squash this patch into the commit that introduces
boosted_this_gp in the first place?

- Josh Triplett