Re: [patch 2.6.17-rc1] Reinstate const in next_thread()

[Keith Owens]

Andrew Morton (on Mon, 3 Apr 2006 01:33:42 -0700) wrote:
>Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Before commit 47e65328a7b1cdfc4e3102e50d60faf94ebba7d3, next_thread()
>> took a const task_t.  Reinstate the const qualifier, getting the next
>> thread never changes the current thread.
>> 
>
>Can do, but why?  Does code generation improve?

I have not checked.  The const qualifier on this type of function falls
into the "better safe than sorry" category.

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