linux-kernel - [PATCH] sched: Remove rcu_read_lock/unlock() from select_idle

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Date:	Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:34:30 +0530
From:	"Nikunj A. Dadhania" <nikunj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] sched: Remove rcu_read_lock/unlock() from
 select_idle_sibling()

select_idle_sibling() is called from select_task_rq_fair(), which
already has the RCU read lock held.

Signed-off-by: Nikunj A. Dadhania <nikunj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

 kernel/sched/fair.c |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 4ab60a2..6ce9992 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2670,8 +2670,6 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int target)
 	/*
 	 * Otherwise, iterate the domains and find an elegible idle cpu.
 	 */
-	rcu_read_lock();
-
 	sd = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_llc, target));
 	for_each_lower_domain(sd) {
 		sg = sd->groups;
@@ -2693,8 +2691,6 @@ next:
 		} while (sg != sd->groups);
 	}
 done:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
 	return target;
 }
 

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