The patch titled Subject: kernel/watchdog.c: add comment to watchdog() exit path has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was kernel-watchdogc-add-comment-to-watchdog-exit-path.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: kernel/watchdog.c: add comment to watchdog() exit path Revelation from Peter. Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/watchdog.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -puN kernel/watchdog.c~kernel-watchdogc-add-comment-to-watchdog-exit-path kernel/watchdog.c --- a/kernel/watchdog.c~kernel-watchdogc-add-comment-to-watchdog-exit-path +++ a/kernel/watchdog.c @@ -349,6 +349,10 @@ static int watchdog(void *unused) set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); } + /* + * Drop the policy/priority elevation during thread exit to avoid a + * scheduling latency spike. + */ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); sched_setscheduler(current, SCHED_NORMAL, ¶m); return 0; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch i-need-old-gcc.patch arch-alpha-kernel-systblss-remove-debug-check.patch drivers-block-nvmec-stop-breaking-my-i386-build.patch drivers-staging-zsmalloc-zsmalloc-mainc-unbork.patch arch-x86-platform-iris-irisc-register-a-platform-device-and-a-platform-driver.patch x86-use-this_cpu_xxx-to-replace-percpu_xxx-funcs.patch percpu-remove-percpu_xxx-functions-fix.patch net-netfilter-nfnetlink_acctc-use-linux-atomich.patch brlocks-lglocks-cleanups.patch simple_open-automatically-convert-to-simple_open-checkpatch-fixes.patch fs-symlink-restrictions-on-sticky-directories.patch fs-hardlink-creation-restrictions-fix.patch mm.patch mm-add-extra-free-kbytes-tunable-update-checkpatch-fixes.patch memcg-change-behavior-of-moving-charges-at-task-move-fix.patch cpuidle-add-a-sysfs-entry-to-disable-specific-c-state-for-debug-purpose-fix.patch arch-powerpc-platforms-pseries-eeh_eventc-slightly-fix-set_current_state-wart.patch drivers-xen-kconfig-fix-kconfig-layout.patch kmod-avoid-deadlock-by-recursive-kmod-call.patch smp-add-func-to-ipi-cpus-based-on-parameter-func-fix.patch smp-add-func-to-ipi-cpus-based-on-parameter-func-update-fix.patch smp-add-func-to-ipi-cpus-based-on-parameter-func-v9.patch smp-add-func-to-ipi-cpus-based-on-parameter-func-v9-fix.patch pidns-add-reboot_pid_ns-to-handle-the-reboot-syscall-fix.patch pidns-add-reboot_pid_ns-to-handle-the-reboot-syscall-checkpatch-fixes.patch fs-proc-namespacesc-prevent-crash-when-ns_entries-is-empty.patch radix-tree-introduce-bit-optimized-iterator-v3-fix.patch selftests-makefile-make-run_tests-depend-on-all.patch move-hugepage-test-examples-to-tools-testing-selftests-vm-fix.patch move-hugepage-test-examples-to-tools-testing-selftests-vm-fix-fix.patch syscalls-x86-add-__nr_kcmp-syscall-v8.patch syscalls-x86-add-__nr_kcmp-syscall-v8-fix.patch syscalls-x86-add-__nr_kcmp-syscall-v8-fix-2.patch c-r-prctl-add-ability-to-get-clear_tid_address-fix.patch notify_change-check-that-i_mutex-is-held.patch journal_add_journal_head-debug.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module-fix.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch put_bh-debug.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