[RFC PATCH] Remove redundant sched_numa_balancing check.

From: Imran Khan
Date: Mon Jan 18 2021 - 05:56:32 EST


task_numa_fault is invoked from do_numa_page/do_huge_pmd_numa_page,
for task_numa_work induced memory faults. task_numa_work is scheduled
from task_tick_numa which is invoked only if sched_numa_balancing
is true.

So task_numa_fault will not get invoked if sched_numa_balancing is
false and hence we can avoid checking it again in task_numa_fault.

Signed-off-by: Imran Khan <imran.f.khan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 04a3ce20da67..282ebd6c4197 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2643,9 +2643,6 @@ void task_numa_fault(int last_cpupid, int mem_node, int pages, int flags)
struct numa_group *ng;
int priv;

- if (!static_branch_likely(&sched_numa_balancing))
- return;
-
/* for example, ksmd faulting in a user's mm */
if (!p->mm)
return;
--
2.25.1