From 9dcbe1b87c4a8e3ed62e95369c18709541a3dc8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:34:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ipvs: Remove unused variable ret from sync_thread_master() net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c: In function 'sync_thread_master': net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c:1640:8: warning: unused variable 'ret' [-Wunused-variable] Commit 35a2af94c7ce7130ca292c68b1d27fcfdb648f6b ("sched/wait: Make the __wait_event*() interface more friendly") changed how the interruption state is returned. However, sync_thread_master() ignores this state, now causing a compile warning. According to Julian Anastasov , this behavior is OK: "Yes, your patch looks ok to me. In the past we used ssleep() but IPVS users were confused why IPVS threads increase the load average. So, we switched to _interruptible calls and later the socket polling was added." Document this, as requested by Peter Zijlstra, to avoid precious developers disappearing in this pitfall in the future. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Acked-by: Julian Anastasov Signed-off-by: Simon Horman --- net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c index f63c2388f38d..db801263ee9f 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c @@ -1637,7 +1637,10 @@ static int sync_thread_master(void *data) continue; } while (ip_vs_send_sync_msg(tinfo->sock, sb->mesg) < 0) { - int ret = __wait_event_interruptible(*sk_sleep(sk), + /* (Ab)use interruptible sleep to avoid increasing + * the load avg. + */ + __wait_event_interruptible(*sk_sleep(sk), sock_writeable(sk) || kthread_should_stop()); if (unlikely(kthread_should_stop()))