linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/10] sched/core: Remove the tsk_cpus

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Date:   Thu, 9 Feb 2017 09:53:46 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/10] sched/core: Remove the tsk_cpus_allowed() wrapper

On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 07:34:18PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> So the original intention of tsk_cpus_allowed() was to 'future-proof'
> the field - but it's pretty ineffectual at that, because half of
> the code uses ->cpus_allowed directly ...
> 
> Also, the wrapper makes the code longer than the original expression!

I still object to taking this out without replacement. This leaves RT
stranded.

If you want to implement it differently do that, but don't blindly wreck
stuff for them.