linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 2/9] ia64: avoid using on_each

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Date:	Tue,  3 Jan 2012 16:19:06 +0200
From:	Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 2/9] ia64: avoid using on_each_cpu hard coded ret value

    on_each_cpu always returns a hard coded return code of zero.

    Removing all tests based on this return value saves run time
    cycles for compares and code bloat for branches.

Cc: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
CC: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
CC: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
CC: linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
---
 arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c |   12 ++----------
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
index 89accc6..eb7cfa5 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -6511,11 +6511,7 @@ pfm_install_alt_pmu_interrupt(pfm_intr_handler_desc_t *hdl)
 	}
 
 	/* save the current system wide pmu states */
-	ret = on_each_cpu(pfm_alt_save_pmu_state, NULL, 1);
-	if (ret) {
-		DPRINT(("on_each_cpu() failed: %d\n", ret));
-		goto cleanup_reserve;
-	}
+	on_each_cpu(pfm_alt_save_pmu_state, NULL, 1);
 
 	/* officially change to the alternate interrupt handler */
 	pfm_alt_intr_handler = hdl;
@@ -6542,7 +6538,6 @@ int
 pfm_remove_alt_pmu_interrupt(pfm_intr_handler_desc_t *hdl)
 {
 	int i;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (hdl == NULL) return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -6556,10 +6551,7 @@ pfm_remove_alt_pmu_interrupt(pfm_intr_handler_desc_t *hdl)
 
 	pfm_alt_intr_handler = NULL;
 
-	ret = on_each_cpu(pfm_alt_restore_pmu_state, NULL, 1);
-	if (ret) {
-		DPRINT(("on_each_cpu() failed: %d\n", ret));
-	}
+	on_each_cpu(pfm_alt_restore_pmu_state, NULL, 1);
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
 		pfm_unreserve_session(NULL, 1, i);
-- 
1.7.0.4

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