linux-kernel - [tip:sched/core] sched: Remove WAKEUP

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Date:	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:32:49 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, efault@....de, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:sched/core] sched: Remove WAKEUP_SYNC feature

Commit-ID:  f2e74eeac03ffb779d64b66a643c5e598145a28b
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/f2e74eeac03ffb779d64b66a643c5e598145a28b
Author:     Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
AuthorDate: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:17:18 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:32:52 +0100

sched: Remove WAKEUP_SYNC feature

This feature never earned its keep, remove it.

Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
LKML-Reference: <1268301591.6785.42.camel@...ge.simson.net>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 kernel/sched_fair.c     |    4 ----
 kernel/sched_features.h |    5 -----
 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 97682f9..1d99535 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -1658,7 +1658,6 @@ static void check_preempt_wakeup(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int wake_
 	struct task_struct *curr = rq->curr;
 	struct sched_entity *se = &curr->se, *pse = &p->se;
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = task_cfs_rq(curr);
-	int sync = wake_flags & WF_SYNC;
 	int scale = cfs_rq->nr_running >= sched_nr_latency;
 
 	if (unlikely(rt_prio(p->prio)))
@@ -1691,9 +1690,6 @@ static void check_preempt_wakeup(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int wake_
 	if (unlikely(curr->policy == SCHED_IDLE))
 		goto preempt;
 
-	if (sched_feat(WAKEUP_SYNC) && sync)
-		goto preempt;
-
 	if (!sched_feat(WAKEUP_PREEMPT))
 		return;
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched_features.h b/kernel/sched_features.h
index 850f980..1cb7c47 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched_features.h
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ SCHED_FEAT(WAKEUP_PREEMPT, 1)
 SCHED_FEAT(ASYM_GRAN, 1)
 
 /*
- * Always wakeup-preempt SYNC wakeups, see SYNC_WAKEUPS.
- */
-SCHED_FEAT(WAKEUP_SYNC, 0)
-
-/*
  * Use the SYNC wakeup hint, pipes and the likes use this to indicate
  * the remote end is likely to consume the data we just wrote, and
  * therefore has cache benefit from being placed on the same cpu, see
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