On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 16:02:21 +0100
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 09:56:27AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 12:10:32 +0100
> > Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > check_dl_overrun is used to send a SIGXCPU to users that asked to be
> > > informed when SCHED_DEADLINE runtime overruns occur.
> > >
> > > The function is called by check_thread_timers already, so the call in
> > > check_process_timers is redundant/wrong (even though harmless).
> > >
> > > Remove it.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 34be39305a77 ("sched/deadline: Implement "runtime overrun signal" support")
> > > Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Claudio Scordino <claudio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c | 3 ---
> > > 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
> > > index ce32cf741b25..8f0644af40be 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
> > > @@ -917,9 +917,6 @@ static void check_process_timers(struct task_struct *tsk,
> > > struct task_cputime cputime;
> > > unsigned long soft;
> > >
> > > - if (dl_task(tsk))
> > > - check_dl_overrun(tsk);
> > > -
> >
> > Hmm, I wonder if we should just move this check directly into
> > run_posix_cpu_timers() directly. Why is it hidden in this call?
>
> It is not; it is duplicated in this call. The one in
> check_thread_timeres() makes sense (it is a thread property).
OK, in that case.
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
-- Steve
