linux-kernel - [PATCH] cpuacct: add a branch prediction

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Message-ID: <49A6475F.4000502@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:40:15 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] cpuacct: add a branch prediction

cpuacct_charge() is in fast-path, and checking of !cpuacct_susys.active
always returns false after cpuacct has been initialized at system boot.

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
---
 kernel/sched.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 410eec4..fd2f7fc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -9589,7 +9589,7 @@ static void cpuacct_charge(struct task_struct *tsk, u64 cputime)
 	struct cpuacct *ca;
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (!cpuacct_subsys.active)
+	if (unlikely(!cpuacct_subsys.active))
 		return;
 
 	cpu = task_cpu(tsk);
-- 
1.5.4.rc3

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