From 967fc04671feea4dbf780c9e55a0bc8fcf68a14e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gregory Haskins Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:39:52 -0500 Subject: sched: add sched_class->needs_post_schedule() member We currently run class->post_schedule() outside of the rq->lock, which means that we need to test for the need to post_schedule outside of the lock to avoid a forced reacquistion. This is currently not a problem as we only look at rq->rt.overloaded. However, we want to enhance this going forward to look at more state to reduce the need to post_schedule to a bare minimum set. Therefore, we introduce a new member-func called needs_post_schedule() which tests for the post_schedule condtion without actually performing the work. Therefore it is safe to call this function before the rq->lock is released, because we are guaranteed not to drop the lock at an intermediate point (such as what post_schedule() may do). We will use this later in the series [ rostedt: removed paranoid BUG_ON ] Signed-off-by: Gregory Haskins --- include/linux/sched.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index e5f928a079e..836a86c32a6 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -1012,6 +1012,7 @@ struct sched_class { struct rq *busiest, struct sched_domain *sd, enum cpu_idle_type idle); void (*pre_schedule) (struct rq *this_rq, struct task_struct *task); + int (*needs_post_schedule) (struct rq *this_rq); void (*post_schedule) (struct rq *this_rq); void (*task_wake_up) (struct rq *this_rq, struct task_struct *task); -- cgit v1.2.3