Re: [PATCH] cpuidle: remove dead code in cpuidle_enter_state

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Aug 22 2024 - 15:06:47 EST


On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 1:43 PM Dhruva Gole <d-gole@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Checking for index < 0 is useless because the find_deepest_state
> function never really returns a negative value. Since this code hasn't
> been reported in over 9 years it's dead code. Hence, remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dhruva Gole <d-gole@xxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Discussions on the original series that added this code:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/20240821095105.xuf2a5xe3yxqqewj@lcpd911/T/#u
>
> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> index 02e40fd7d948..9e418aec1755 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> @@ -228,10 +228,7 @@ noinstr int cpuidle_enter_state(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
> if (broadcast && tick_broadcast_enter()) {
> index = find_deepest_state(drv, dev, target_state->exit_latency_ns,
> CPUIDLE_FLAG_TIMER_STOP, false);
> - if (index < 0) {
> - default_idle_call();
> - return -EBUSY;
> - }
> +
> target_state = &drv->states[index];
> broadcast = false;
> }
>

Applied as 6.12 material, thanks!