Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: Fix rq->clock_update_flags < RQCF_ACT_SKIP warning

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Apr 04 2018 - 12:39:29 EST


On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 09:15:39AM -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Apr 2018, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
>
> > The case for the rt task throttling (which this workload also hits) can be ignored in
> > that the skip_update call is actually bogus and quite the contrary (the request bits
> > are removed/reverted).
>
> While at it, how about this trivial patch?
>
> ----8<--------------------------------------------------------
> [PATCH 2/1] sched: Simplify helpers for rq clock update skip requests
>
> By renaming the functions we can get rid of the skip parameter
> and have better code redability. It makes zero sense to have
> things such as:
>
> rq_clock_skip_update(rq, false)
>
> When the skip request is in fact not going to happen. Ever. Rename
> things such that we end up with:
>
> rq_clock_skip_update(rq)
> rq_clock_cancel_skipupdate(rq)
>
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx>

Works for me :-)

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>