linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/6] nohz: Remove obsolete check for full dynticks CPUs to be RCU nocbs

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Date:	Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:02:38 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Li Zhong <zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] nohz: Remove obsolete check for full dynticks CPUs to be RCU nocbs

Building full dynticks now implies that all CPUs are forced
into RCU nocb mode through CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL.

The dynamic check has become useless.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Li Zhong <zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
---
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c |   10 ----------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 917b871..91e2ab9 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -356,16 +356,6 @@ void __init tick_nohz_init(void)
 	}
 
 	cpu_notifier(tick_nohz_cpu_down_callback, 0);
-
-	/* Make sure full dynticks CPU are also RCU nocbs */
-	for_each_cpu(cpu, nohz_full_mask) {
-		if (!rcu_is_nocb_cpu(cpu)) {
-			pr_warning("NO_HZ: CPU %d is not RCU nocb: "
-				   "cleared from nohz_full range", cpu);
-			cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, nohz_full_mask);
-		}
-	}
-
 	cpulist_scnprintf(nohz_full_buf, sizeof(nohz_full_buf), nohz_full_mask);
 	pr_info("NO_HZ: Full dynticks CPUs: %s.\n", nohz_full_buf);
 }
-- 
1.7.5.4

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