linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip] sched: use need

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Date:	Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:49:25 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] sched: use need_resched


* Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> 
> Impact: cleanup
> 
> use need_resched() instead of unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_RESCHED))
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>

looks good - but it does not apply cleanly to the latest 
scheduler tree:

   http://people.redhat.com/mingo/tip.git/README

Could you please send a merged up patch and also make sure 
there's no other TIF_NEED_RESCHED usage in kernel/sched.c that 
could be converted to need_resched()?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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