Oleg noticed that need_migrate_task() doesn't need the ->on_cpu check now that ttwu() doesn't do remote enqueues for !->on_rq && ->on_cpu, so remove the helper and replace the single instance with a direct ->on_rq test. Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Reviewed-by: Frank Rowand --- kernel/sched.c | 17 +---------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c @@ -2139,21 +2139,6 @@ struct migration_arg { static int migration_cpu_stop(void *data); /* - * The task's runqueue lock must be held. - * Returns true if you have to wait for migration thread. - */ -static bool need_migrate_task(struct task_struct *p) -{ - /* - * If the task is not on a runqueue (and not running), then - * the next wake-up will properly place the task. - */ - bool running = p->on_rq || p->on_cpu; - smp_rmb(); /* finish_lock_switch() */ - return running; -} - -/* * wait_task_inactive - wait for a thread to unschedule. * * If @match_state is nonzero, it's the @p->state value just checked and @@ -5734,7 +5719,7 @@ int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_str goto out; dest_cpu = cpumask_any_and(cpu_active_mask, new_mask); - if (need_migrate_task(p)) { + if (p->on_rq) { struct migration_arg arg = { p, dest_cpu }; /* Need help from migration thread: drop lock and wait. */ task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &flags); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/