linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.19-rc5

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Date:	Mon, 2 Feb 2015 16:34:31 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
	Bruno Prémont <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ilya Dryomov <ilya.dryomov@...tank.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.19-rc5

On Sun, Feb 01, 2015 at 12:09:32PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Now, I have the patch that removes that thing (but I was hoping to get
> it from the scheduler tree before doing rc7, which seems to not have
> happened), but yes, that together with your patch seems like it should
> fix all the nasty bug-inducing crud where the "debugging helpers" end
> up silently changing core process state.
> 
> I'll just combine it with yours to avoid extra noise in this area, and
> mark you as the author, fixing *both* of the incorrect state changes.
> Ok?

Ah I see it in your tree; I was about to suggest:

-# define sched_annotate_sleep()        __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING)
+# define sched_annotate_sleep()        do { current->task_state_change = 0; } while (0)

Instead of the assignment, which has a rvalue.
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