Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] sched: Consolidate open coded preemptible()checks

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Mon Jul 01 2013 - 07:20:28 EST


On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 03:05:11PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:45:41PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > preempt_schedule() and preempt_schedule_context() open
> > code their preemptability checks.
> >
> > Use the standard API instead for consolidation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Li Zhong <zhong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > kernel/context_tracking.c | 3 +--
> > kernel/sched/core.c | 4 +---
> > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c
> > index 6667700..08db730 100644
> > --- a/kernel/context_tracking.c
> > +++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c
> > @@ -88,10 +88,9 @@ void user_enter(void)
> > */
> > void __sched notrace preempt_schedule_context(void)
> > {
> > - struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
> > enum ctx_state prev_ctx;
> >
> > - if (likely(ti->preempt_count || irqs_disabled()))
> > + if (likely(!preemptible()))
> > return;
> >
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT
> # define preemptible() (preempt_count() == 0 && !irqs_disabled())
> #else
> # define preemptible() 0
> #endif
>
>
> Wouldn't that give a problem for !PREEMPT_COUNT?

preempt_schedule_context() depends on CONFIG_PREEMPT which depends on
CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT, so that should work. Or I missed something?
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