From abaa93d9e1de2c29297e69ddba8ddd38f15064cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:30:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Simplify priority boosting by putting rt_mutex in rcu_node RCU priority boosting currently checks for boosting via a pointer in task_struct. However, this is not needed: As Oleg noted, if the rt_mutex is placed in the rcu_node instead of on the booster's stack, the boostee can simply check it see if it owns the lock. This commit makes this change, shrinking task_struct by one pointer and the kernel by thirteen lines. Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- Reading git-format-patch failed