linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][GIT PULL] sched/cpupri: Remove the vec->lock

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Message-ID: <20110805082008.GA6628@zhy>
Date:	Fri, 5 Aug 2011 16:20:08 +0800
From:	Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Mike Galbraith <mgalbraith@...e.de>,
	Luis Claudio R. Gon�alves 
	<lgoncalv@...hat.com>,
	Matthew Hank Sabins <msabins@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Gregory Haskins <gregory.haskins@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][GIT PULL] sched/cpupri: Remove the vec->lock

On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 04:36:12PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/sched_cpupri.h b/kernel/sched_cpupri.h
> index 9fc7d38..6b4cd17 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched_cpupri.h
> +++ b/kernel/sched_cpupri.h
> @@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
>  /* values 2-101 are RT priorities 0-99 */
>  
>  struct cpupri_vec {
> -	raw_spinlock_t lock;
> -	int        count;
> -	cpumask_var_t mask;
> +	atomic_t	count;
> +	cpumask_var_t	mask;
>  };
>  
>  struct cpupri {

So cpupri->pri_active and macro CPUPRI_NR_PRI_WORDS is not needed any more?

Thanks,
Yong

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