The patch titled rcu: remove unused field struct rcu_data::rcu_tasklet has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is rcu-remove-unused-field-struct-rcu_data-rcu_tasklet.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: rcu: remove unused field struct rcu_data::rcu_tasklet From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Since softirq works for rcu reclaimer, rcu_tasklet is unused now. Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcupreempt.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff -puN kernel/rcupreempt.c~rcu-remove-unused-field-struct-rcu_data-rcu_tasklet kernel/rcupreempt.c --- a/kernel/rcupreempt.c~rcu-remove-unused-field-struct-rcu_data-rcu_tasklet +++ a/kernel/rcupreempt.c @@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ struct rcu_data { spinlock_t lock; /* Protect rcu_data fields. */ long completed; /* Number of last completed batch. */ int waitlistcount; - struct tasklet_struct rcu_tasklet; struct rcu_head *nextlist; struct rcu_head **nexttail; struct rcu_head *waitlist[GP_STAGES]; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are rcu-remove-unused-field-struct-rcu_data-rcu_tasklet.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html