linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/5] sched/events: Introduce cfs

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Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:18:15 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@....com>
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/5] sched/events: Introduce cfs_rq load tracking
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On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 06:20:05PM +0100, Patrick Bellasi wrote:
> On 28-Mar 18:57, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 06:44:59PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > > +static int
> > > +__update_load_avg(u64 now, int cpu, struct sched_avg *sa,
> > > +		  unsigned long weight, int running, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
> 
>                   __attribute__((nonnull (6)));
> 
> > > +{
> > > +	return ___update_load_avg(now, cpu, sa, weight, running, cfs_rq);
> > 
> > Although ideally we'd be able to tell the compiler that cfs_rq will not
> > be NULL here. Hurmph.. no __builtin for that I think :/
> 
> What about the above attribute?

Ooh, shiny, thanks! My bad for failing to check the function attributes.