linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: Update unlikely to now likely in sched_move

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Date:   Sat, 4 Feb 2017 14:27:13 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Update unlikely to now likely in
 sched_move_task()

On Sat, 4 Feb 2017 12:06:45 +0100
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> I prefer to simply remove the hint entirely and match all the other
> instances of this pattern.

Perhaps just remove the hint then. I'll update the patch.

> 
> Now if only C wouldn't stink and have a sensible way to express this
> pattern without having to copy/paste it all over :/

Well, as we have seen with the update in code around it. The pattern
may require something different in other locations.

-- Steve