linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched/core: Get rid of 'cpu' argument in wq_worker

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Date:	Mon, 29 Feb 2016 20:09:50 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched/core: Get rid of 'cpu' argument in
 wq_worker_sleeping()

On 02/28, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
>
> -struct task_struct *wq_worker_sleeping(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)
> +struct task_struct *wq_worker_sleeping(struct task_struct *task)
>  {
>  	struct worker *worker = kthread_data(task), *to_wakeup = NULL;
>  	struct worker_pool *pool;
> @@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ struct task_struct *wq_worker_sleeping(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)
>  	pool = worker->pool;
>  
>  	/* this can only happen on the local cpu */
> -	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu != raw_smp_processor_id() || pool->cpu != cpu))
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pool->cpu != smp_processor_id()))
>  		return NULL;

I think both changes are fine, but perhaps it would be better to keep
raw_smp_processor_id(). Unless you did this on purpose, but then it makes
sense to add a note into the changelog.

Oleg.