Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] sched: Consolidate open coded preemptible()checks

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Jun 26 2013 - 11:40:11 EST


On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:45:41PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> preempt_schedule() and preempt_schedule_context() open
> code their preemptability checks.
>
> Use the standard API instead for consolidation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Li Zhong <zhong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/context_tracking.c | 3 +--
> kernel/sched/core.c | 4 +---
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c
> index 6667700..08db730 100644
> --- a/kernel/context_tracking.c
> +++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c
> @@ -88,10 +88,9 @@ void user_enter(void)
> */
> void __sched notrace preempt_schedule_context(void)
> {
> - struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
> enum ctx_state prev_ctx;
>
> - if (likely(ti->preempt_count || irqs_disabled()))
> + if (likely(!preemptible()))
> return;
>

#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT
# define preemptible() (preempt_count() == 0 && !irqs_disabled())
#else
# define preemptible() 0
#endif


Wouldn't that give a problem for !PREEMPT_COUNT?
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