linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] x86: remove idle

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Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2016 01:23:18 -0500
From:   Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] x86: remove idle_notifier

From: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>

Upon removal of the i7300_idle driver, the idle_notifer is unused.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/idle.h |  7 -------
 arch/x86/kernel/process.c   | 15 ---------------
 2 files changed, 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/idle.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/idle.h
index c5d1785373ed..02bab09707f2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/idle.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/idle.h
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_IDLE_H
 #define _ASM_X86_IDLE_H
 
-#define IDLE_START 1
-#define IDLE_END 2
-
-struct notifier_block;
-void idle_notifier_register(struct notifier_block *n);
-void idle_notifier_unregister(struct notifier_block *n);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 void enter_idle(void);
 void exit_idle(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 0888a879120f..f51950715145 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -67,19 +67,6 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_tss);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned char, is_idle);
-static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(idle_notifier);
-
-void idle_notifier_register(struct notifier_block *n)
-{
-	atomic_notifier_chain_register(&idle_notifier, n);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(idle_notifier_register);
-
-void idle_notifier_unregister(struct notifier_block *n)
-{
-	atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&idle_notifier, n);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(idle_notifier_unregister);
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -255,14 +242,12 @@ static inline void play_dead(void)
 void enter_idle(void)
 {
 	this_cpu_write(is_idle, 1);
-	atomic_notifier_call_chain(&idle_notifier, IDLE_START, NULL);
 }
 
 static void __exit_idle(void)
 {
 	if (x86_test_and_clear_bit_percpu(0, is_idle) == 0)
 		return;
-	atomic_notifier_call_chain(&idle_notifier, IDLE_END, NULL);
 }
 
 /* Called from interrupts to signify idle end */
-- 
2.11.0.rc1