linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/15] sched: Remove TASK

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Date:   Thu,  2 Aug 2018 17:25:16 -0500
From:   Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     rostedt@...dmis.org, tglx@...utronix.de, C.Emde@...dl.org,
        jkacur@...hat.com, bigeasy@...utronix.de,
        daniel.wagner@...mens.com, julia@...com,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        stable-rt@...r.kernel.org,
        Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/15] sched: Remove TASK_ALL

From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>

It's unused:

$ git grep "\<TASK_ALL\>" | wc -l
1

And dangerous, kill the bugger.

Cc: stable-rt@...r.kernel.org
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
(cherry picked from commit ffb940123ed607f1cba0d1f7c281ca92feac9733)
Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>

 Conflicts:
	include/linux/sched.h
---
 include/linux/sched.h | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index cc7349a2c0cf..fbe198d733c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ extern char ___assert_task_state[1 - 2*!!(
 
 /* Convenience macros for the sake of wake_up */
 #define TASK_NORMAL		(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE | TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
-#define TASK_ALL		(TASK_NORMAL | __TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED)
 
 /* get_task_state() */
 #define TASK_REPORT		(TASK_RUNNING | TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE | \
-- 
2.14.1