linux-kernel - [tip:core/futexes] futex: remove the pointer math from double_unlock

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Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:18:26 GMT
From:	Darren Hart <dvhltc@...ibm.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dvhltc@...ibm.com, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au, peterz@...radead.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:core/futexes] futex: remove the pointer math from double_unlock_hb

Commit-ID:  f061d35150003b7fd5b133d14d66a74500fdaa60
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/f061d35150003b7fd5b133d14d66a74500fdaa60
Author:     Darren Hart <dvhltc@...ibm.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:11:18 -0700
Commit:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:15:46 +0100

futex: remove the pointer math from double_unlock_hb

Impact: simplify code

I mistakenly included the pointer value ordering in the
double_unlock_hb() in my previous patch. It's only necessary
in the double_lock_hb() function. This patch removes it.

Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@...ibm.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
LKML-Reference: <20090312221118.11146.68610.stgit@...n>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 kernel/futex.c |   10 ++--------
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 9c97f67..2331b73 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -658,14 +658,8 @@ double_lock_hb(struct futex_hash_bucket *hb1, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb2)
 static inline void
 double_unlock_hb(struct futex_hash_bucket *hb1, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb2)
 {
-	if (hb1 <= hb2) {
-		spin_unlock(&hb2->lock);
-		if (hb1 < hb2)
-			spin_unlock(&hb1->lock);
-	} else { /* hb1 > hb2 */
-		spin_unlock(&hb1->lock);
-		spin_unlock(&hb2->lock);
-	}
+	spin_unlock(&hb1->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&hb2->lock);
 }
 
 /*
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