Re: [CFT][RFC][PATCH][CLEANUP] task->state cleanup: pilot

John Levon (movement@marcelothewonderpenguin.com)
Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:00:10 +0100


On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 06:41:01PM -0500, Robert Love wrote:

> If anyone can verify where it is safe in this code to use
> __set_current_state instead, speak up so Paul can make the micro
> optimization accordingly.

Ugh, please don't. There is enough mystery as to which one is safe to
use when already.

Is there really a circumstance where avoiding the mb makes a noticable
difference (in driver code, core code is something else ...) ?

john

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