Re: [PATCH tip/core/timers 3/4] timers: Reduce future __run_timers()latency for newly emptied list

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 03:54:05PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:20:47 -0800
> "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> > diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
> > index 295837e5e011..bdd1c00ec4ec 100644
> > --- a/kernel/timer.c
> > +++ b/kernel/timer.c
> > @@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ static int detach_if_pending(struct timer_list *timer, struct tvec_base *base,
> >  			base->next_timer = base->timer_jiffies;
> >  	}
> >  	base->all_timers--;
> > +	(void)catchup_timer_jiffies(base);
> 
> Why the "(void)" ?

Just a way of saying "I really did intend to ignore the return value."

							Thanx, Paul

> -- Steve
> 
> >  	return 1;
> >  }
> >  
> 

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