Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 26/86] rcu: remove useless ->boosted_this_gpfield

From: Josh Triplett
Date: Sun May 01 2011 - 12:05:55 EST


On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 06:21:06AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The ->boosted_this_gp field is a holdover from an earlier design that
> was to carry out multiple boost operations in parallel. It is not required
> by the current design, which boosts one task at a time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Can you squash this patch into the commit that introduces
boosted_this_gp in the first place?

- Josh Triplett
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