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| author | Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> | 2006-03-24 03:16:10 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-03-24 07:33:23 -0800 |
| commit | 8488bc359d674baf710992e4b641513ea5ebd212 (patch) | |
| tree | 28f6558f6b006c5a28a64a1beabec5498d9b77d4 /kernel | |
| parent | b0196009d8c3ecf6ea6ec080c63d2ccc146e7ad9 (diff) | |
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[PATCH] cpuset: remove unnecessary NULL check
Remove a no longer needed test for NULL cpuset pointer, with a little
comment explaining why the test isn't needed.
Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/cpuset.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c index 38f18b33de6c..bc4131141230 100644 --- a/kernel/cpuset.c +++ b/kernel/cpuset.c @@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ void cpuset_fork(struct task_struct *child) * because tsk is already marked PF_EXITING, so attach_task() won't * mess with it, or task is a failed fork, never visible to attach_task. * - * Hack: + * the_top_cpuset_hack: * * Set the exiting tasks cpuset to the root cpuset (top_cpuset). * @@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@ void cpuset_exit(struct task_struct *tsk) struct cpuset *cs; cs = tsk->cpuset; - tsk->cpuset = &top_cpuset; /* Hack - see comment above */ + tsk->cpuset = &top_cpuset; /* the_top_cpuset_hack - see above */ if (notify_on_release(cs)) { char *pathbuf = NULL; @@ -2373,12 +2373,12 @@ void __cpuset_memory_pressure_bump(void) * - No need to task_lock(tsk) on this tsk->cpuset reference, as it * doesn't really matter if tsk->cpuset changes after we read it, * and we take manage_mutex, keeping attach_task() from changing it - * anyway. + * anyway. No need to check that tsk->cpuset != NULL, thanks to + * the_top_cpuset_hack in cpuset_exit(), which sets an exiting tasks + * cpuset to top_cpuset. */ - static int proc_cpuset_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v) { - struct cpuset *cs; struct task_struct *tsk; char *buf; int retval = 0; @@ -2389,13 +2389,7 @@ static int proc_cpuset_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v) tsk = m->private; mutex_lock(&manage_mutex); - cs = tsk->cpuset; - if (!cs) { - retval = -EINVAL; - goto out; - } - - retval = cpuset_path(cs, buf, PAGE_SIZE); + retval = cpuset_path(tsk->cpuset, buf, PAGE_SIZE); if (retval < 0) goto out; seq_puts(m, buf); |