Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752269AbaJJJy7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Oct 2014 05:54:59 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:37708 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751390AbaJJJyz (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Oct 2014 05:54:55 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:54:52 +0200 From: Peter Zijlstra To: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Ingo Molnar , Steven Rostedt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] sched: fix the PREEMPT_ACTIVE check in __trace_sched_switch_state() Message-ID: <20141010095452.GH10832@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <20141007195046.GA28002@redhat.com> <20141007195108.GB28002@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141007195108.GB28002@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22.1 (2013-10-16) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 09:51:08PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > task_preempt_count() has nothing to do with the actual preempt counter, > thread_info->saved_preempt_count is only valid right after switch_to(). > > __trace_sched_switch_state() can use preempt_count(), prev is still the > current task when trace_sched_switch() is called. This is true, but the paranoid in me would like a BUG_ON(p != current) right along with that to make sure we don't accidentally change this. But yes, its good to get rid of task_preempt_count(), its horrible. > Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov > --- > include/trace/events/sched.h | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/trace/events/sched.h b/include/trace/events/sched.h > index 0a68d5a..a7d67bc 100644 > --- a/include/trace/events/sched.h > +++ b/include/trace/events/sched.h > @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static inline long __trace_sched_switch_state(struct task_struct *p) > /* > * For all intents and purposes a preempted task is a running task. > */ > - if (task_preempt_count(p) & PREEMPT_ACTIVE) > + if (preempt_count() & PREEMPT_ACTIVE) > state = TASK_RUNNING | TASK_STATE_MAX; > #endif > > -- > 1.5.5.1 > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/