linux-kernel - [PATCH] timers: Remove duplicate setting of new_base in __mod

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Message-ID: <20091217001542.GD25317@verge.net.au>
Date:	Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:15:42 +1100
From:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH] timers: Remove duplicate setting of new_base in
 __mod_timer()

new_base is set using per_cpu(tvec_bases, cpu) after selecting the desired
value of cpu immediately below so this line is a unnecessary.

Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/timer.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/timer.c	2009-12-17 07:02:57.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/timer.c	2009-12-17 07:03:17.000000000 +0900
@@ -656,8 +656,6 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, un
 
 	debug_activate(timer, expires);
 
-	new_base = __get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
-
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
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