On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 01:50:34PM -0500, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > @@ -1090,13 +1063,8 @@ void posix_cpu_timer_schedule(struct k_itimer *timer)
> >                     timer->it.cpu.expires = 0;
> >                     goto out_unlock;
> >             } else if (unlikely(p->exit_state) && thread_group_empty(p)) {
> > -                   /*
> > -                    * We've noticed that the thread is dead, but
> > -                    * not yet reaped.  Take this opportunity to
> > -                    * drop our task ref.
> > -                    */
> > +                   /* Optimizations: if the process is dying, no need to 
> > rearm */
> >                     cpu_timer_sample_group(timer->it_clock, p, &now);
> 
> Why do we still need to call cpu_timer_sample_group? You removed to below 
> line which uses
> "now".

Good point, it looks safe to remove it now.

Thanks.
 
> > -                   clear_dead_task(timer, now);
> >                     goto out_unlock;
> >             }
> >             spin_lock(&p->sighand->siglock);
> > 
> 
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