Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 May 2011 01:34:34 -0700 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 26/86] rcu: remove useless ->boosted_this_gp field |
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On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 09:05:29AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 06:21:06AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > From: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> > > > > The ->boosted_this_gp field is a holdover from an earlier design that > > was to carry out multiple boost operations in parallel. It is not required > > by the current design, which boosts one task at a time. > > > > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> > > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > Can you squash this patch into the commit that introduces > boosted_this_gp in the first place?
Unfortunately, no. That commit is already in mainline.
Thanx, Paul
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