Re: [PATCH] sched: Remove unused tryget_task_struct()

From: Tejun Heo

Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 22:44:01 EST


On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 10:30:11AM +0800, Zhan Xusheng wrote:
> tryget_task_struct() was added for sched_ext by commit a8532fac7b5d
> ("sched_ext: TASK_DEAD tasks must be switched into SCX on ops_enable").
> All of its users in sched_ext were subsequently converted to
> get_task_struct() by commit fbe3fb103596 ("sched_ext: Replace
> tryget_task_struct() with get_task_struct()"), leaving the helper with
> no callers.
>
> Remove the now-unused helper. No functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

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tejun