linux-kernel - [PATCH 23/45] sched: add do_sched_yield() helper; remove in-kernel call to sched

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Date:   Thu, 22 Mar 2018 10:00:37 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, arnd@...db.de, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 23/45] sched: add do_sched_yield() helper; remove in-kernel call to sched_yield()

Using the sched-internal do_sched_yield() helper allows us to get rid of
the sched-internal call to the sys_sched_yield() syscall.

This patch is part of a series which tries to remove in-kernel calls to
syscalls. On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index e7c535eee0a6..8de4919c889a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4892,7 +4892,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sched_getaffinity, pid_t, pid, unsigned int, len,
  *
  * Return: 0.
  */
-SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sched_yield)
+static void do_sched_yield(void)
 {
 	struct rq_flags rf;
 	struct rq *rq;
@@ -4913,7 +4913,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sched_yield)
 	sched_preempt_enable_no_resched();
 
 	schedule();
+}
 
+SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sched_yield)
+{
+	do_sched_yield();
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -4997,7 +5001,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cond_resched_softirq);
 void __sched yield(void)
 {
 	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-	sys_sched_yield();
+	do_sched_yield();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(yield);
 
-- 
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