linux-kernel - [PATCH] sched: remove useless code in yield

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Date:	Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:34:02 +0800
From:	Michael Wang <wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: [PATCH] sched: remove useless code in yield_to

From: Michael Wang <wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

it's impossible to enter else branch if we have set skip_clock_update
in task_yield_fair(), as yield_to_task_fair() will directly return
true after invoke task_yield_fair().

Signed-off-by: Michael Wang <wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c |    7 -------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9bb7d28..77c14aa 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4737,13 +4737,6 @@ again:
 		 */
 		if (preempt && rq != p_rq)
 			resched_task(p_rq->curr);
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * We might have set it in task_yield_fair(), but are
-		 * not going to schedule(), so don't want to skip
-		 * the next update.
-		 */
-		rq->skip_clock_update = 0;
 	}
 
 out:
-- 
1.7.4.1

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