Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] sched/deadline: Remove unnecessary condition in push_dl_task()

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:05:53 +0900
Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Once pick_next_pushable_dl_task(rq) returns a task, it guarantees that
> the task's cpu is rq->cpu, so task_cpu(next_task) is always rq->cpu if
> task == next_task. Remove the redundant condition and make code simpler.
> 
> pick_next_pushable_dl_task(rq) has BUG_ON(rq->cpu != task_cpu(task))
> when it returns a task other than NULL, which means that task_cpu(task)
> must be rq->cpu. So if task == next_task, then task_cpu(next_task) must
> be rq->cpu as well.
> 
> By this patch, unnecessary one branch and two LOAD operations in 'if'
> statement can be avoided.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

-- Steve

> ---
>  kernel/sched/deadline.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> index 27737f3..ad8d577 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> @@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ static int push_dl_task(struct rq *rq)
>  		 * then possible that next_task has migrated.
>  		 */
>  		task = pick_next_pushable_dl_task(rq);
> -		if (task_cpu(next_task) == rq->cpu && task == next_task) {
> +		if (task == next_task) {
>  			/*
>  			 * The task is still there. We don't try
>  			 * again, some other cpu will pull it when ready.