From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763069AbXGKNfl (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:35:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1763016AbXGKNfV (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:35:21 -0400 Received: from mtagate7.uk.ibm.com ([195.212.29.140]:36111 "EHLO mtagate7.uk.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762180AbXGKNfS (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:35:18 -0400 From: muli@il.ibm.com To: ak@suse.de Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, muli@il.ibm.com, jdmason@kudzu.us Subject: Calgary: more updates for 2.6.23 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:35:10 +0300 Message-Id: <11841609143732-git-send-email-muli@il.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.2 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Andi, Here are a few more Calgary updates that are appropriate for 2.6.23. The only notable one is the second one, which tightens up the bitmap locking to only lock where absolutely necessary, giving us a nice 10-15% improvement in CPU utilization running netperf on a large SMP machine. Please apply. Thanks, Muli