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authorHiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>2012-02-23 17:41:27 +0900
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2012-03-02 12:23:49 +0100
commit2e5b5b3a1b7768c89fbfeca18e75f8ee377e924c (patch)
tree0d6d589e42b7e88464d5edcfa818b3a7e27a93e8 /kernel/sched
parent367456c756a6b84f493ca9cc5b17b1f5d38ef466 (diff)
downloadlinux-2e5b5b3a1b7768c89fbfeca18e75f8ee377e924c.tar.gz
sched: Clean up parameter passing of proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice()
Pass nice as a value to proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice().

No side effect is expected, and the variable err will be overwritten with
the return value.

Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4F45FBB7.5090607@ct.jp.nec.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sched')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/auto_group.c12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/auto_group.c b/kernel/sched/auto_group.c
index e8a1f83ee0e7..0984a21076a3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/auto_group.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/auto_group.c
@@ -195,20 +195,20 @@ __setup("noautogroup", setup_autogroup);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 
-int proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice(struct task_struct *p, int *nice)
+int proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice(struct task_struct *p, int nice)
 {
 	static unsigned long next = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
 	struct autogroup *ag;
 	int err;
 
-	if (*nice < -20 || *nice > 19)
+	if (nice < -20 || nice > 19)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	err = security_task_setnice(current, *nice);
+	err = security_task_setnice(current, nice);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (*nice < 0 && !can_nice(current, *nice))
+	if (nice < 0 && !can_nice(current, nice))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	/* this is a heavy operation taking global locks.. */
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ int proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice(struct task_struct *p, int *nice)
 	ag = autogroup_task_get(p);
 
 	down_write(&ag->lock);
-	err = sched_group_set_shares(ag->tg, prio_to_weight[*nice + 20]);
+	err = sched_group_set_shares(ag->tg, prio_to_weight[nice + 20]);
 	if (!err)
-		ag->nice = *nice;
+		ag->nice = nice;
 	up_write(&ag->lock);
 
 	autogroup_kref_put(ag);