The check for hrtimer_active() after starting the timer is pointless. If the timer is inactive it has expired already and therefor the task pointer is already NULL. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- kernel/time/hrtimer.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) Index: tip/kernel/time/hrtimer.c =================================================================== --- tip.orig/kernel/time/hrtimer.c +++ tip/kernel/time/hrtimer.c @@ -1357,8 +1357,6 @@ static int __sched do_nanosleep(struct h do { set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); hrtimer_start_expires(&t->timer, mode); - if (!hrtimer_active(&t->timer)) - t->task = NULL; if (likely(t->task)) freezable_schedule(); @@ -1629,8 +1627,6 @@ schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock(ktime_t * hrtimer_init_sleeper(&t, current); hrtimer_start_expires(&t.timer, mode); - if (!hrtimer_active(&t.timer)) - t.task = NULL; if (likely(t.task)) schedule(); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/