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authorPaul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>2006-03-24 03:16:10 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-03-24 07:33:23 -0800
commit8488bc359d674baf710992e4b641513ea5ebd212 (patch)
tree28f6558f6b006c5a28a64a1beabec5498d9b77d4 /kernel
parentb0196009d8c3ecf6ea6ec080c63d2ccc146e7ad9 (diff)
[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.c18
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 38f18b33de6..bc413114123 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);