[PATCH] list: use list_replace_init() instead of list_splice_init() list_splice_init(list, head) does unneeded job if it is known that list_empty(head) == 1. We can use list_replace_init() instead. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index 880fb41..740c5ab 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -531,11 +531,11 @@ static void take_over_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq, unsigned int cpu) { struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq = per_cpu_ptr(wq->cpu_wq, cpu); - LIST_HEAD(list); + struct list_head list; struct work_struct *work; spin_lock_irq(&cwq->lock); - list_splice_init(&cwq->worklist, &list); + list_replace_init(&cwq->worklist, &list); while (!list_empty(&list)) { printk("Taking work for %s\n", wq->name);