[PATCH 2/8] powerpc/pseries: Do not save the previous DTL mask value
Nathan Lynch
nathanl at linux.ibm.com
Tue May 14 02:29:37 AEST 2019
"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> When CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE is enabled, we always initialize
> DTL enable mask to DTL_LOG_PREEMPT (0x2). There are no other places
> where the mask is changed. As such, when reading the DTL log buffer
> through debugfs, there is no need to save and restore the previous mask
> value.
>
> We don't need to save and restore the earlier mask value if
> CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE is not enabled. So, remove the field
> from the structure as well.
Makes sense.
Acked-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl at linux.ibm.com>
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