linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] sched/rt: Remove redundant check before push_rt

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Date:	Fri, 25 May 2012 11:39:58 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] sched/rt: Remove redundant check before
 push_rt_task()

On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 15:43 +0900, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
> 
> Currently rq->rt.overloaded is checked twice in switched_to_rt().
> Remove the first one which out of push_rt_task().

Steven was this on purpose to avoid the call or can I apply this thing?

> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/rt.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
> index c5565c3..a601a70 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
> @@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@ static void switched_to_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
>  	 */
>  	if (p->on_rq && rq->curr != p) {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> -		if (rq->rt.overloaded && push_rt_task(rq) &&
> +		if (push_rt_task(rq) &&
>  		    /* Don't resched if we changed runqueues */
>  		    rq != task_rq(p))
>  			check_resched = 0;



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