Re: [RFC PATCH] sched: Remove set_task_state()

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Jan 03 2017 - 04:25:22 EST


On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 10:17:53AM -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:

> - set_task_state(current, TASK_RUNNING);
> + set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);

Obviously good.

> - set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> + set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);

Not so much..


So while I fully support this move, should we not first clean up the
code and also remove all the local 'tsk = current' variables such that
all replacements end up being obvious?

In any case, would be good to hear from arm64 folks.