linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] make dequeue

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Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:49:51 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make dequeue_task less confusing


* David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com> wrote:

> The dequeue_patch function in kernel/sched.c is complicated by 
> including a sleep parameter.  This parameter is always zero 
> except in one instance.  This patch clarifies the task of 
> dequeue_patch by removing the sleep parameter and moving the 
> code that handles non-zero sleep to that one place where it is 
> needed.

> --- linux-2.6.27.19/kernel/sched.c	2009-02-21 09:09:34.000000000 +1030
> +++ linux-2.6.27.19/kernel/sched.c.dn	2009-03-12 01:01:48.000000000 +1030

The patch does not apply cleanly to the latest scheduler tree:

  1 out of 5 hunks FAILED -- rejects in file kernel/sched.c

You can find it at:

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

Thanks,

	Ingo
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