Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:23:45 +0100 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/9] sched: add schedule_timeout_idle() |
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On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 12:00:18PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> extern signed long schedule_timeout_interruptible(signed long timeout); > extern signed long schedule_timeout_killable(signed long timeout); > extern signed long schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(signed long timeout); > +extern signed long schedule_timeout_idle(signed long timeout);
> +/* > + * Like schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(), except this task will not contribute > + * to load average. > + */ > +signed long __sched schedule_timeout_idle(signed long timeout) > +{ > + __set_current_state(TASK_IDLE); > + return schedule_timeout(timeout); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(schedule_timeout_idle);
Yes we have 3 such other wrappers, but I've gotta ask: why? They seem pretty pointless.
Why not kill the lot?
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