netdev - Re: [PATCH] b43legacy: Remove pointless cond

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jul 2019 20:52:09 -0500
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     b43-dev@...ts.infradead.org, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] b43legacy: Remove pointless cond_resched() wrapper

On 7/26/19 3:00 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> cond_resched() can be used unconditionally. If CONFIG_PREEMPT is set, it
> becomes a NOP scheduler wise.
> 
> Also the B43_BUG_ON() in that wrapper is a homebrewn variant of
> __might_sleep() which is part of cond_resched() already.
> 
> Remove the wrapper and invoke cond_resched() directly.
> 
> Found while looking for CONFIG_PREEMPT dependent code treewide.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: b43-dev@...ts.infradead.org
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
> Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>

Reviewed- and Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>

Thanks.

Larry