[PATCH] sched: Remove rcu_read_lock/unlock() fromselect_idle_sibling()

From: Nikunj A. Dadhania
Date: Thu Feb 16 2012 - 22:05:39 EST


select_idle_sibling() is called from select_task_rq_fair(), which
already has the RCU read lock held.

Signed-off-by: Nikunj A. Dadhania <nikunj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

kernel/sched/fair.c | 4 ----
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 4ab60a2..6ce9992 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2670,8 +2670,6 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int target)
/*
* Otherwise, iterate the domains and find an elegible idle cpu.
*/
- rcu_read_lock();
-
sd = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_llc, target));
for_each_lower_domain(sd) {
sg = sd->groups;
@@ -2693,8 +2691,6 @@ next:
} while (sg != sd->groups);
}
done:
- rcu_read_unlock();
-
return target;
}


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