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Message-ID: <ZR6FcOhHZkNGi5To@lothringen>
Date:   Thu, 5 Oct 2023 11:44:16 +0200
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@...e.cz>,
        Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>,
        "Gautham R . Shenoy" <gautham.shenoy@....com>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...el.com>,
        K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 01/25] tick/sched: Cleanup confusing variables

On Wed, Oct 04, 2023 at 02:34:30PM +0200, Anna-Maria Behnsen wrote:
> tick_nohz_stop_tick() contains the expires (u64 variable) and tick
> (ktime_t) variable. In the beginning the value of expires is written to
> tick. Afterwards non of the variables is changed. They are only used for

*none

> checks.
> 
> Drop the not required variable tick and use always expires instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>

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