From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:42:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH]: arm64: factor work_pending state machine to C In-Reply-To: <20160708154901.GF6493@arm.com> References: <1459877922-15512-1-git-send-email-cmetcalf@mellanox.com> <1459877922-15512-13-git-send-email-cmetcalf@mellanox.com> <20160708154901.GF6493@arm.com> Message-ID: <20160711114237.GE17735@arm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 04:49:01PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote: > On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 11:43:50AM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote: > > I am hopeful that this patch [1] can be picked up for the 4.8 merge window > > in the arm64 tree. As I mentioned in my last patch series that included > > this patch [2], I'm hopeful that this version addresses the performance > > issues that were seen with Mark's original patch. This version tests the > > TIF flags prior to calling out to the loop in C code. > > I still need to get round to measuring that again. This might also > conflict with a late fix I just sent for 4.7. FWIW, I've failed to measure any performance overhead from this change, so it certainly looks better thsn Mark's original patch from that angle. Will