linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel/sched: remove dl

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Message-ID: <8f37120b-9980-115b-3b7c-9351600b62b2@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:23:34 +0100
From:   Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>
To:     Hui Su <suhui_kernel@....com>, mingo@...hat.com,
        peterz@...radead.org, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com, mgorman@...e.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/sched: remove dl_boosted flag comment

On 1/7/22 10:52, Hui Su wrote:
> since commit 2279f540ea7d ("sched/deadline: Fix priority
> inheritance with multiple scheduling classes"), we should not
> keep it here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hui Su <suhui_kernel@....com>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>

Thanks!

-- Daniel

> ---
>  include/linux/sched.h | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> index 78c351e35fec..64426351d424 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -610,10 +610,6 @@ struct sched_dl_entity {
>  	 * task has to wait for a replenishment to be performed at the
>  	 * next firing of dl_timer.
>  	 *
> -	 * @dl_boosted tells if we are boosted due to DI. If so we are
> -	 * outside bandwidth enforcement mechanism (but only until we
> -	 * exit the critical section);
> -	 *
>  	 * @dl_yielded tells if task gave up the CPU before consuming
>  	 * all its available runtime during the last job.
>  	 *