[PATCH] sched/fair: remove dead code on enqueue_task_fair()

Kayra Cizmeci posted 1 patch 1 week, 6 days ago
There is a newer version of this series
kernel/sched/fair.c | 16 +++-------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
[PATCH] sched/fair: remove dead code on enqueue_task_fair()
Posted by Kayra Cizmeci 1 week, 6 days ago
cfs_rq->curr == se path on enqueue_task_fair() seems to be unachievable.

Remove the code that depends on this cfs_rq->curr == se case on
enqueue_task_fair() and bool curr too since there are two possibilities
and one has been removed, we can proceed directly with the other.

Signed-off-by: Kayra Cizmeci <kayracizmeci@gmail.com>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 16 +++-------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index ade1eceb39b8..440e4fdebe2f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7985,7 +7985,6 @@ enqueue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
 	struct sched_entity *se = &p->se;
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = &rq->cfs;
 	unsigned long weight;
-	bool curr;
 
 	if (task_is_throttled(p) && enqueue_throttled_task(p))
 		return;
@@ -8014,23 +8013,14 @@ enqueue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
 	if (p->in_iowait)
 		cpufreq_update_util(rq, SCHED_CPUFREQ_IOWAIT);
 
-	/*
-	 * XXX comment on the curr thing
-	 */
-	curr = (cfs_rq->curr == se);
-	if (curr)
-		place_entity(cfs_rq, se, flags);
 
 	if (se->on_rq && se->sched_delayed)
 		requeue_delayed_entity(cfs_rq, se);
 
 	weight = enqueue_hierarchy(p, flags);
-
-	if (!curr) {
-		reweight_eevdf(cfs_rq, se, weight, false);
-		place_entity(cfs_rq, se, flags | ENQUEUE_QUEUED);
-		__enqueue_entity(cfs_rq, se);
-	}
+	reweight_eevdf(cfs_rq, se, weight, false);
+	place_entity(cfs_rq, se, flags | ENQUEUE_QUEUED);
+	__enqueue_entity(cfs_rq, se);
 
 	if (!rq_h_nr_queued && rq->cfs.h_nr_queued)
 		dl_server_start(&rq->fair_server);
-- 
2.53.0
[tip: sched/core] sched/fair: Remove dead code on enqueue_task_fair()
Posted by tip-bot2 for Kayra Cizmeci 2 hours ago
The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     819224e506bc7c2d61ec6a58ec6e876b505abce9
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/819224e506bc7c2d61ec6a58ec6e876b505abce9
Author:        Kayra Cizmeci <kayracizmeci@gmail.com>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:54:48 +03:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
CommitterDate: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:45:57 +02:00

sched/fair: Remove dead code on enqueue_task_fair()

The 'cfs_rq->curr == se' path on enqueue_task_fair() seems to be unachievable.

Remove the code that depends on this cfs_rq->curr == se case on
enqueue_task_fair() and bool curr too since there are two possibilities
and one has been removed, we can proceed directly with the other.

Signed-off-by: Kayra Cizmeci <kayracizmeci@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260911155449.1249726-1-kayracizmeci@gmail.com
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 16 +++-------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 36861f4..a03e7f4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7988,7 +7988,6 @@ enqueue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
 	struct sched_entity *se = &p->se;
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = &rq->cfs;
 	unsigned long weight;
-	bool curr;
 
 	if (task_is_throttled(p) && enqueue_throttled_task(p))
 		return;
@@ -8017,23 +8016,14 @@ enqueue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
 	if (p->in_iowait)
 		cpufreq_update_util(rq, SCHED_CPUFREQ_IOWAIT);
 
-	/*
-	 * XXX comment on the curr thing
-	 */
-	curr = (cfs_rq->curr == se);
-	if (curr)
-		place_entity(cfs_rq, se, flags);
 
 	if (se->on_rq && se->sched_delayed)
 		requeue_delayed_entity(cfs_rq, se);
 
 	weight = enqueue_hierarchy(p, flags);
-
-	if (!curr) {
-		reweight_eevdf(cfs_rq, se, weight, false);
-		place_entity(cfs_rq, se, flags | ENQUEUE_QUEUED);
-		__enqueue_entity(cfs_rq, se);
-	}
+	reweight_eevdf(cfs_rq, se, weight, false);
+	place_entity(cfs_rq, se, flags | ENQUEUE_QUEUED);
+	__enqueue_entity(cfs_rq, se);
 
 	if (!rq_h_nr_queued && rq->cfs.h_nr_queued)
 		dl_server_start(&rq->fair_server);