linux-kernel - [PATCH 03/32 RESEND] nohz: Drop useless ts->inidle check before rearming the tick

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Message-Id: <1313423549-27093-4-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:52:00 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@....ibm.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Tim Pepper <lnxninja@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 03/32 RESEND] nohz: Drop useless ts->inidle check before rearming the tick

We only need to check if we have ts->stopped to ensure the tick
was stopped and we want to re-enable it. Checking ts->inidle
there is useless.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@....ibm.com>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: Paul E . McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Tim Pepper <lnxninja@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c |    6 ++----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index c4d7113..5934aee 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -504,16 +504,14 @@ void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(void)
 	if (ts->inidle) {
 		now = ktime_get();
 		tick_nohz_stop_idle(cpu, now);
+		ts->inidle = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!ts->inidle || !ts->tick_stopped) {
-		ts->inidle = 0;
+	if (!ts->tick_stopped) {
 		local_irq_enable();
 		return;
 	}
 
-	ts->inidle = 0;
-
 	rcu_exit_nohz();
 
 	/* Update jiffies first */
-- 
1.7.5.4

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