Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756055Ab0DEStg (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:49:36 -0400 Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.4]:41488 "EHLO tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755463Ab0DESta (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:49:30 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEAPbJuUtGHnq6/2dsb2JhbACbSnK2RYUHBA Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:49:28 -0400 From: Mathieu Desnoyers To: "Paul E. McKenney" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, laijs@cn.fujitsu.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, josh@joshtriplett.org, dvhltc@us.ibm.com, niv@us.ibm.com, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, dhowells@redhat.com, eric.dumazet@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 02/10] rcu: make dead code really dead Message-ID: <20100405184928.GA4505@Krystal> References: <20100405183403.GA23075@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1270492472-23222-2-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1270492472-23222-2-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Editor: vi X-Info: http://krystal.dyndns.org:8080 X-Operating-System: Linux/2.6.27.31-grsec (i686) X-Uptime: 14:48:40 up 11 days, 4:51, 4 users, load average: 0.02, 0.12, 0.10 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1575 Lines: 51 * Paul E. McKenney (paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com) wrote: > From: Lai Jiangshan > > cleanup: make dead code really dead Is it just me or this spinlock change is more than just a cleanup ? Or maybe it just needs a much more descriptive changelog. Thanks, Mathieu > > Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney > --- > kernel/rcutree.c | 4 ++-- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c > index e54c123..6042fb8 100644 > --- a/kernel/rcutree.c > +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c > @@ -1236,11 +1236,11 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp, int relaxed) > break; /* grace period idle or initializing, ignore. */ > > case RCU_SAVE_DYNTICK: > - > - raw_spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled */ > if (RCU_SIGNAL_INIT != RCU_SAVE_DYNTICK) > break; /* So gcc recognizes the dead code. */ > > + raw_spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled */ > + > /* Record dyntick-idle state. */ > force_qs_rnp(rsp, dyntick_save_progress_counter); > raw_spin_lock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs already disabled */ > -- > 1.7.0 > -- Mathieu Desnoyers Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant EfficiOS Inc. http://www.efficios.com -- 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/