Re: [PATCH resend3 1/2] itimers: merge ITIMER_VIRT and ITIMER_PROF common code

[Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>]

Hi.

On Tue, 19 May 2009 15:52:06 +0200 (CEST)
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> > diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> > index b4c38bc..0d8367b 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> > @@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ struct pacct_struct {
> >  	unsigned long		ac_minflt, ac_majflt;
> >  };
> >  
> > +struct cpu_itimer {
> > +	cputime_t expires;
> > +	cputime_t incr;
> > +};
> > +
> >  /**
> >   * struct task_cputime - collected CPU time counts
> >   * @utime:		time spent in user mode, in &cputime_t units
> > @@ -540,8 +545,7 @@ struct signal_struct {
> >  	ktime_t it_real_incr;
> >  
> >  	/* ITIMER_PROF and ITIMER_VIRTUAL timers for the process */
> > -	cputime_t it_prof_expires, it_virt_expires;
> > -	cputime_t it_prof_incr, it_virt_incr;
> > +	struct cpu_itimer it[2];
> 
> I like the general idea of the patch, but it's not obvious that
> CPUCLOCK_PROF and CPUCLOCK_VIRT happen to be defined as 0 resp 1.
> 
> This needs at least a comment.

Ok. I'll comment that. I though about something better than comment,
but not find nothing appropriate. 

> >  				break;
> >  			case CPUCLOCK_PROF:
> > -				if (!cputime_eq(p->signal->it_prof_expires,
> > +				if (!cputime_eq(sig->it[CPUCLOCK_PROF].expires,
> >  						cputime_zero) &&
> > -				    cputime_lt(p->signal->it_prof_expires,
> > +				    cputime_lt(sig->it[CPUCLOCK_PROF].expires,
> >  					       timer->it.cpu.expires.cpu))
> >  					break;
> 
>   That code could be simplified further by splitting out the
>   comparisons into a separate function and doing
> 
>   	      	      	     	if (fred(&sig->it[CPUCLOCK_PROF], timer))
> 					break;

I'll create a helper inline function, but I do this in separate patch. 

> Looks fine otherwise. Thanks,
> 
>       tglx

Thanks for review, I'll change both my patches and resend soon.
Stanislaw