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SubjectRe: [patch 10/12] sched: remove SYNC_WAKEUPS feature
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sched: remove SYNC_WAKEUPS feature

Sync wakeups are critical functionality with a long history. Remove it, we don't
need the branch or icache footprint.

Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>

---
kernel/sched.c | 3 ---
kernel/sched_features.h | 8 --------
2 files changed, 11 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c
@@ -2369,9 +2369,6 @@ static int try_to_wake_up(struct task_st
unsigned long flags;
struct rq *rq, *orig_rq;

- if (!sched_feat(SYNC_WAKEUPS))
- wake_flags &= ~WF_SYNC;
-
this_cpu = get_cpu();

smp_wmb();
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched_features.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched_features.h
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched_features.h
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ SCHED_FEAT(START_DEBIT, 1)
SCHED_FEAT(WAKEUP_PREEMPT, 1)

/*
- * Use the SYNC wakeup hint, pipes and the likes use this to indicate
- * the remote end is likely to consume the data we just wrote, and
- * therefore has cache benefit from being placed on the same cpu, see
- * also AFFINE_WAKEUPS.
- */
-SCHED_FEAT(SYNC_WAKEUPS, 1)
-
-/*
* Based on load and program behaviour, see if it makes sense to place
* a newly woken task on the same cpu as the task that woke it --
* improve cache locality. Typically used with SYNC wakeups as



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