linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] __down_common: use signal_pending

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Date:	Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:20:31 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] __down_common: use signal_pending_state()


* Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 09:09:06PM +0400, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > Cleanup. __down_common() can use the new signal_pending_state() helper.
> 
> This is a bad optimisation.  __down_common gets inlined and the 
> constant 'state' versions are optimised away for the versions which 
> don't apply.
> 
> NAK this patch.

well but we had a schedule() bug around this whole topic of 
TASK_KILLABLE, so i'd say robustness trumps micro-optimizations. Is this 
really a big issue? The dual-ness of TASK_KILLABLE checks is a bit ugly, 
and it led to a bug as well.

	Ingo
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