Re: [PATCH] sched: remove noop function task_fork_dl

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Nov 29 2019 - 02:14:07 EST



* Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> task_fork_dl is an empty function used only for dl's
> sched_class.task_fork.  Removing it cleans up the code a bit
> and saves a function call in sched_fork.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/deadline.c | 10 ----------
>  1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> index a8a08030a8f7..fbafd97d883a 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> @@ -1821,14 +1821,6 @@ static void task_tick_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int queued)
>          start_hrtick_dl(rq, p);
>  }
>  
> -static void task_fork_dl(struct task_struct *p)
> -{
> -    /*
> -     * SCHED_DEADLINE tasks cannot fork and this is achieved through
> -     * sched_fork()
> -     */
> -}
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>  
>  /* Only try algorithms three times */
> @@ -2451,8 +2443,6 @@ const struct sched_class dl_sched_class = {
>  #endif
>  
>      .task_tick        = task_tick_dl,
> -    .task_fork              = task_fork_dl,
> -
>      .prio_changed           = prio_changed_dl,
>      .switched_from        = switched_from_dl,
>      .switched_to        = switched_to_dl,

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Your patch looks good otherwise.

Thanks,

Ingo