linux-kernel - [tip:sched/idle] sched, thermal: Clean up preempt_enable_no

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Date:	Sun, 12 Jan 2014 10:44:48 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: [tip:sched/idle] sched, thermal:
  Clean up preempt_enable_no_resched() abuse

Commit-ID:  71434bc7ac606506d04e5f319fada44567072494
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/71434bc7ac606506d04e5f319fada44567072494
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:21:17 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:50:39 +0100

sched, thermal: Clean up preempt_enable_no_resched() abuse

The only valid use of preempt_enable_no_resched() is if the very next
line is schedule() or if we know preemption cannot actually be enabled
by that statement due to known more preempt_count 'refs'.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: rjw@...ysocki.net
Cc: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: rui.zhang@...el.com
Cc: jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com
Cc: Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@...ine.de>
Cc: hpa@...or.com
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: lenb@...nel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-zcfvacdlvlr63qmnn5i58vuj@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c b/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
index e8275f2..d833c8f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static int clamp_thread(void *arg)
 			atomic_inc(&idle_wakeup_counter);
 		}
 		tick_nohz_idle_exit();
-		preempt_enable_no_resched();
+		preempt_enable();
 	}
 	del_timer_sync(&wakeup_timer);
 	clear_bit(cpunr, cpu_clamping_mask);
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