linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] kernel/sched: introduce vcpu preempted check interface

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Message-ID: <20160627140043.GO30921@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:00:43 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, mingo@...hat.com, mpe@...erman.id.au,
	paulus@...ba.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org, Waiman.Long@....com,
	boqun.feng@...il.com, will.deacon@....com, dave@...olabs.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] kernel/sched: introduce vcpu preempted check
 interface

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 01:41:28PM -0400, Pan Xinhui wrote:
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -3293,6 +3293,15 @@ static inline void set_task_cpu(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
>  
>  #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
>  
> +#ifdef arch_vcpu_is_preempted
> +static inline bool vcpu_is_preempted(int cpu)
> +{
> +	return arch_vcpu_is_preempted(cpu);
> +}
> +#else
> +#define vcpu_is_preempted(cpu)	false
> +#endif

#ifndef vcpu_is_preempted
#define vcpu_is_preempted(cpu)		(false)
#endif

Is so much simpler...

Also, please Cc the virt list so that other interested parties can
comment, and maybe also the s390 folks.