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

From: Oleg Nesterov

Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 10:40:13 EST


On 07/08, 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: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>