linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/22] softirq: Eliminate unused cond_resched

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Date:   Sun, 22 Apr 2018 19:32:12 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, joel.opensrc@...il.com,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/22] softirq: Eliminate unused cond_resched_softirq() macro

The cond_resched_softirq() macro is not used anywhere in mainline, so
this commit simplifies the kernel by eliminating it.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 include/linux/sched.h |  8 --------
 kernel/sched/core.c   | 14 --------------
 kernel/softirq.c      |  3 +--
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index fe8f7178a22d..9ae6943b7310 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1613,7 +1613,6 @@ static inline int test_tsk_need_resched(struct task_struct *tsk)
  * explicit rescheduling in places that are safe. The return
  * value indicates whether a reschedule was done in fact.
  * cond_resched_lock() will drop the spinlock before scheduling,
- * cond_resched_softirq() will enable bhs before scheduling.
  */
 #ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT
 extern int _cond_resched(void);
@@ -1639,13 +1638,6 @@ extern int __cond_resched_lock(spinlock_t *lock);
 	__cond_resched_lock(lock);				\
 })
 
-extern int __cond_resched_softirq(void);
-
-#define cond_resched_softirq() ({					\
-	___might_sleep(__FILE__, __LINE__, SOFTIRQ_DISABLE_OFFSET);	\
-	__cond_resched_softirq();					\
-})
-
 static inline void cond_resched_rcu(void)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP) || !defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 5e10aaeebfcc..6a09e6af64b9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5012,20 +5012,6 @@ int __cond_resched_lock(spinlock_t *lock)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cond_resched_lock);
 
-int __sched __cond_resched_softirq(void)
-{
-	BUG_ON(!in_softirq());
-
-	if (should_resched(SOFTIRQ_DISABLE_OFFSET)) {
-		local_bh_enable();
-		preempt_schedule_common();
-		local_bh_disable();
-		return 1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cond_resched_softirq);
-
 /**
  * yield - yield the current processor to other threads.
  *
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 177de3640c78..03981f1c39ea 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ static void __local_bh_enable(unsigned int cnt)
 }
 
 /*
- * Special-case - softirqs can safely be enabled in
- * cond_resched_softirq(), or by __do_softirq(),
+ * Special-case - softirqs can safely be enabled by __do_softirq(),
  * without processing still-pending softirqs:
  */
 void _local_bh_enable(void)
-- 
2.5.2