From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
npiggin@suse.de, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, jeremy@goop.org,
mingo@elte.hu, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/10] mips: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 15:20:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080529142054.GA8320@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1212051504-12561-9-git-send-email-jens.axboe@oracle.com>
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:58:22AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> This converts mips to use the new helpers for smp_call_function() and
> friends, and adds support for smp_call_function_single(). Not tested,
> but it compiles.
>
> mips shares the same IPI for smp_call_function() and
> smp_call_function_single(), since not all hardware has enough available
> IPIs available to support seperate setups.
FYI, the comment isn't quite accurate. The machanisms for IPIs on MIPS
are platform-specific. The change which I recently objected to was
specific to a code model called VSMP.
Raf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-29 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-29 8:58 [PATCH 0/10] Add generic helpers for arch IPI function calls #4 Jens Axboe
2008-05-29 8:58 ` [PATCH 1/10] Add generic helpers for arch IPI function calls Jens Axboe
2008-05-30 11:24 ` Paul E. McKenney
2008-06-06 8:44 ` Jens Axboe
2008-06-10 14:51 ` Catalin Marinas
2008-06-10 15:44 ` James Bottomley
2008-06-10 16:04 ` Catalin Marinas
2008-06-10 15:47 ` Paul E. McKenney
2008-06-10 16:53 ` Catalin Marinas
2008-06-11 3:25 ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-11 10:13 ` Catalin Marinas
2008-06-11 10:13 ` Catalin Marinas
2008-07-06 17:21 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-05-29 8:58 ` [PATCH 2/10] x86: convert to generic helpers for " Jens Axboe
2008-05-29 12:12 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-05-29 12:17 ` Jens Axboe
2008-05-29 13:47 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-05-29 8:58 ` [PATCH 3/10] powerpc: " Jens Axboe
2008-05-29 8:58 ` [PATCH 4/10] ia64: " Jens Axboe
2008-05-29 8:58 ` [PATCH 5/10] alpha: " Jens Axboe
2008-05-29 8:58 ` [PATCH 6/10] arm: " Jens Axboe
2008-06-02 12:29 ` Russell King
2008-06-02 12:29 ` Russell King
2008-06-06 8:47 ` Jens Axboe
2008-05-29 8:58 ` [PATCH 7/10] m32r: " Jens Axboe
2008-05-29 8:58 ` [PATCH 8/10] mips: " Jens Axboe
2008-05-29 14:20 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2008-05-30 7:23 ` Jens Axboe
2008-05-29 8:58 ` [PATCH 9/10] parisc: " Jens Axboe
2008-05-31 7:00 ` Kyle McMartin
2008-05-31 7:00 ` Kyle McMartin
2008-06-02 8:17 ` Jens Axboe
2008-06-02 16:09 ` Kyle McMartin
2008-06-06 8:47 ` Jens Axboe
2008-06-06 21:11 ` Kyle McMartin
2008-06-09 8:47 ` Jens Axboe
2008-05-29 8:58 ` [PATCH 10/10] sh: " Jens Axboe
2008-06-01 8:57 ` [PATCH 0/10] Add generic helpers for arch IPI function calls #4 Andrew Morton
2008-06-01 8:57 ` Andrew Morton
2008-06-01 9:52 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
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2008-04-29 7:26 [PATCH 0/10] Add generic helpers for arch IPI function calls #3 Jens Axboe
[not found] ` <1209453990-7735-1-git-send-email-jens.axboe-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-29 7:26 ` [PATCH 8/10] mips: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls Jens Axboe
2008-04-29 7:26 ` Jens Axboe
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