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From: Andi Kleen <andi-Vw/NltI1exuRpAAqCnN02g@public.gmane.org>
To: Linus Torvalds
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Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers
	<mathieu.desnoyers-vg+e7yoeK/dWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney"
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	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto-kltTT9wpgjJwATOyAt5JVQ@public.gmane.org>,
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	Ingo Molnar <mingo-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
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	Andi Kleen <andi-Vw/NltI1exuRpAAqCnN02g@public.gmane.org>,
	Chris Lameter <cl-vYTEC60ixJUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Ben Maurer <bmaurer-b10kYP2dOMg@public.gmane.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt-nx8X9YLhiw1AfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>,
	Josh Triplett <josh-iaAMLnmF4UmaiuxdJuQwMA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v8 1/9] Restartable sequences system call
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:56:11 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160819205611.GF5871@two.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFz+Q33m1+ju3ANaznBwYCcWo9D9WDr2=p0YLEF4gJF12g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

> Nobody gets a cpu number just to get a cpu number - it's not a useful
> thing to benchmark. What does getcpu() so much that we care?

malloc is the primary target I believe. Saves lots of memory to keep
caches per CPU rather than per thread.

-Andi

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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
	Dave Watson <davejwatson@fb.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
	Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Andrew Hunter <ahh@google.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	Chris Lameter <cl@linux.com>, Ben Maurer <bmaurer@fb.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v8 1/9] Restartable sequences system call
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:56:11 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160819205611.GF5871@two.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFz+Q33m1+ju3ANaznBwYCcWo9D9WDr2=p0YLEF4gJF12g@mail.gmail.com>

> Nobody gets a cpu number just to get a cpu number - it's not a useful
> thing to benchmark. What does getcpu() so much that we care?

malloc is the primary target I believe. Saves lots of memory to keep
caches per CPU rather than per thread.

-Andi

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-08-19 20:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-19 20:07 [RFC PATCH v8 0/9] Restartable sequences system call Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
     [not found] ` <1471637274-13583-1-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers-vg+e7yoeK/dWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-19 20:07   ` [RFC PATCH v8 1/9] " Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
     [not found]     ` <1471637274-13583-2-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers-vg+e7yoeK/dWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-19 20:23       ` Linus Torvalds
2016-08-19 20:23         ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]         ` <CA+55aFz+Q33m1+ju3ANaznBwYCcWo9D9WDr2=p0YLEF4gJF12g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-19 20:44           ` Josh Triplett
2016-08-19 20:44             ` Josh Triplett
2016-08-19 20:59             ` Linus Torvalds
2016-08-19 20:59               ` Linus Torvalds
2016-08-19 20:56           ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2016-08-19 20:56             ` Andi Kleen
     [not found]             ` <20160819205611.GF5871-1g7Xle2YJi4/4alezvVtWx2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-19 21:19               ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-08-19 21:19                 ` Paul E. McKenney
     [not found]                 ` <20160819211946.GJ3482-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-19 21:32                   ` Linus Torvalds
2016-08-19 21:32                     ` Linus Torvalds
2016-08-19 23:35                     ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-08-19 23:35                       ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-08-19 21:24             ` Josh Triplett
2016-08-19 21:24               ` Josh Triplett
2016-08-19 22:59               ` Dave Watson
2016-08-19 22:59                 ` Dave Watson
2016-08-25 17:08           ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-25 17:08             ` Mathieu Desnoyers
     [not found]             ` <545371402.19191.1472144912215.JavaMail.zimbra-vg+e7yoeK/dWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-25 17:56               ` Ben Maurer
2016-08-25 17:56                 ` Ben Maurer
2016-08-27  4:22                 ` Josh Triplett
2016-08-27  4:22                   ` Josh Triplett
2016-08-29 15:16                   ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-29 15:16                     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
     [not found]                     ` <91715400.22162.1472483812389.JavaMail.zimbra-vg+e7yoeK/dWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-29 16:10                       ` Josh Triplett
2016-08-29 16:10                         ` Josh Triplett
2016-08-30  2:01                     ` Boqun Feng
2016-08-30  2:01                       ` Boqun Feng
2016-08-27 12:21       ` Pavel Machek
2016-08-27 12:21         ` Pavel Machek
2016-08-19 20:07   ` [RFC PATCH v8 2/9] tracing: instrument restartable sequences Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07   ` [RFC PATCH v8 3/9] Restartable sequences: ARM 32 architecture support Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07   ` [RFC PATCH v8 4/9] Restartable sequences: wire up ARM 32 system call Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07   ` [RFC PATCH v8 5/9] Restartable sequences: x86 32/64 architecture support Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07 ` [RFC PATCH v8 6/9] Restartable sequences: wire up x86 32/64 system call Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07 ` [RFC PATCH v8 7/9] Restartable sequences: powerpc architecture support Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07 ` [RFC PATCH v8 8/9] Restartable sequences: Wire up powerpc system call Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07 ` [RFC PATCH v8 9/9] Restartable sequences: self-tests Mathieu Desnoyers
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2016-11-26 23:43 [RFC PATCH v8 1/9] Restartable sequences system call Paul Turner
2016-11-26 23:43 ` Paul Turner

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