From: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 00/15] x86_64: Optimize percpu accesses
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:14:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4875000A.3060004@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4874FAB2.5080401@goop.org>
Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
...
>
> Once the pda has shrunk as much as it can (which remove everything
> except stack_canary, I think), then remove all the X_pda macros, since
> there won't be any users anyway.
>
> J
You bring up a good point here. Since the stack_canary has to be 20
(or is that 0x20?) bytes from %gs, then it sounds like we'll still
need a pda struct of some sort. And zero padding before that seems
counter-productive, so perhaps taking a poll of the most used pda
(or percpu) variables and keeping them in the same cache line would
be more useful?
Thanks,
Mike
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-09 18:14 UTC|newest]
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2008-07-09 16:51 [RFC 00/15] x86_64: Optimize percpu accesses Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 01/15] x86_64: Cleanup early setup_percpu references Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 02/15] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpu area Mike Travis
2008-07-09 22:02 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-13 17:54 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-14 14:24 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 03/15] x86_64: Reference zero-based percpu variables offset from gs Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 04/15] x86_64: Replace cpu_pda ops with percpu ops Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 05/15] x86_64: Replace xxx_pda() operations with x86_xxx_percpu() Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 06/15] x86_64: Replace xxx_pda() operations in include_asm-x86_current_h Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 07/15] x86_64: Replace xxx_pda() operations in include_asm-x86_hardirq_64_h Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 08/15] x86_64: Replace xxx_pda() operations in include_asm-x86_mmu_context_64_h Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 09/15] x86_64: Replace xxx_pda() operations in include_asm-x86_percpu_h Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 10/15] x86_64: Replace xxx_pda() operations in include_asm-x86_smp_h Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 11/15] x86_64: Replace xxx_pda() operations in include_asm-x86_stackprotector_h Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 12/15] x86_64: Replace xxx_pda() operations in include_asm-x86_thread_info_h Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 13/15] x86_64: Replace xxx_pda() operations in include_asm-x86_topology_h Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 14/15] x86_64: Remove xxx_pda() operations Mike Travis
2008-07-09 16:51 ` [RFC 15/15] x86_64: Remove cpu_pda() macro Mike Travis
2008-07-09 17:19 ` [RFC 00/15] x86_64: Optimize percpu accesses H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 17:40 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-09 17:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 18:05 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-09 17:44 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 18:09 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-09 18:30 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 19:34 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-09 19:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 20:26 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-09 21:03 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-09 21:23 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-25 15:49 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-25 16:08 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-25 16:46 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-25 16:58 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-25 18:12 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-09 17:27 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 17:39 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-09 17:51 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 18:14 ` Mike Travis [this message]
2008-07-09 18:22 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 18:31 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-09 19:08 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 18:02 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-09 18:13 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-09 18:26 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 18:34 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-09 18:37 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 18:48 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 18:53 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-09 19:07 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 19:12 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-09 19:32 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 19:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-09 19:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 19:52 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-09 20:00 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-09 20:09 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 21:05 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-09 19:44 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-09 19:48 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 18:27 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-09 18:46 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 20:22 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-09 20:35 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 20:53 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-09 21:03 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-09 21:16 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 21:10 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-09 23:20 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-09 18:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 18:00 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-09 19:05 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 19:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-09 20:55 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-09 21:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-09 20:00 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-09 20:05 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 20:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-09 20:07 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-09 20:11 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 20:18 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-09 20:33 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 20:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 20:48 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 21:06 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-09 21:16 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 21:20 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 21:25 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-09 21:36 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 21:41 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 22:22 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-09 22:32 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 23:36 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-10 0:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 0:24 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-10 14:14 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 14:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 15:26 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 15:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 16:24 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 16:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 16:45 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 17:33 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-10 17:42 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 17:53 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-10 17:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 20:52 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 20:58 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-10 21:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-11 0:55 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-10 21:05 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 21:22 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-10 21:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-11 0:12 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-11 0:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-11 0:58 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-11 1:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-11 15:37 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-11 0:42 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-11 15:36 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 17:53 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 17:26 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-10 17:38 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 19:11 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-10 19:12 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-10 17:46 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-10 17:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 19:09 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-10 19:18 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-10 19:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 23:37 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-10 20:17 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-10 20:24 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-10 21:33 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-11 1:39 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-11 2:57 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-10 0:23 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 20:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 20:39 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-09 20:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 20:50 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 21:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 21:26 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 21:37 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 22:10 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-09 22:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 23:54 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-10 16:22 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-10 16:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 16:35 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 16:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 16:47 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 17:21 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-10 17:31 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 17:48 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-10 18:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 17:20 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-10 17:07 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-10 17:12 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 17:25 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-10 17:34 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 17:41 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-10 18:01 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 20:51 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 20:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 21:07 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-10 21:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-11 15:32 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-11 16:07 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-11 16:57 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-11 17:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 21:26 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-10 18:48 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-10 18:54 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-10 19:18 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-10 19:56 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-10 20:22 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-10 20:54 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-11 6:59 ` Rusty Russell
2008-07-10 20:25 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-10 17:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 18:08 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-09 20:46 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 20:14 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-09 20:33 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-07-09 21:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-09 21:39 ` Mike Travis
2008-07-09 21:47 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-09 21:55 ` Eric W. Biederman
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