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Message-ID: <CAJFZqHwsjuw5As6duphrgbzxtwmE2ZqbraNEme88M3hi1WBiRQ@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 10:48:14 +0800 From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com> To: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, fabf@...net.be, jkosina@...e.cz, Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, richard@....at, oleg@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] signal: replace !likely with unlikely! I did not test, how to test it? On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 08:48:16AM +0800, roy.qing.li@...il.com wrote: >> From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com> >> >> !likely() is hard to be understood, and I do not know if compiler can >> optimise this condition, but unlikely(!()) is clear >> >> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com> >> --- >> kernel/signal.c | 2 +- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c >> index 8f0876f..6156cfa 100644 >> --- a/kernel/signal.c >> +++ b/kernel/signal.c >> @@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ int send_sigqueue(struct sigqueue *q, struct task_struct *t, int group) >> BUG_ON(!(q->flags & SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC)); >> >> ret = -1; >> - if (!likely(lock_task_sighand(t, &flags))) >> + if (unlikely(!lock_task_sighand(t, &flags))) > > I wonder if you tested this code. Seems to be unlikely (punt not intended). > > Guenter > >> goto ret; >> >> ret = 1; /* the signal is ignored */ >> -- >> 1.7.10.4 >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >> >> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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