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    Remove argument from open_softirq which is always NULL · 962cf36c
    Carlos R. Mafra authored
    As git-grep shows, open_softirq() is always called with the last argument
    being NULL
    
    block/blk-core.c:       open_softirq(BLOCK_SOFTIRQ, blk_done_softirq, NULL);
    kernel/hrtimer.c:       open_softirq(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_hrtimer_softirq, NULL);
    kernel/rcuclassic.c:    open_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ, rcu_process_callbacks, NULL);
    kernel/rcupreempt.c:    open_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ, rcu_process_callbacks, NULL);
    kernel/sched.c: open_softirq(SCHED_SOFTIRQ, run_rebalance_domains, NULL);
    kernel/softirq.c:       open_softirq(TASKLET_SOFTIRQ, tasklet_action, NULL);
    kernel/softirq.c:       open_softirq(HI_SOFTIRQ, tasklet_hi_action, NULL);
    kernel/timer.c: open_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_timer_softirq, NULL);
    net/core/dev.c: open_softirq(NET_TX_SOFTIRQ, net_tx_action, NULL);
    net/core/dev.c: open_softirq(NET_RX_SOFTIRQ, net_rx_action, NULL);
    
    This observation has already been made by Matthew Wilcox in June 2002
    (http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-25/0687.html)
    
    "I notice that none of the current softirq routines use the data element
    passed to them."
    
    and the situation hasn't changed since them. So it appears we can safely
    remove that extra argument to save 128 (54) bytes of kernel data (text).
    Signed-off-by: default avatarCarlos R. Mafra <crmafra@ift.unesp.br>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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