Re: [PATCH] SMP support for drain local pages.

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

Hi!

> This patch adds SMP support for drain_local_pages, so that suspend
> implementations can drain pcp structures on all CPUs and thus 
> accurately
> determine which pages are free.

Why do you need it, btw?

1st it might be easier to just on_each_cpu(drain_local_pages)
in suspend2

2nd all but one cpus are stopped, right? That mrans that their local pages can't
mess up suspnd's accounting => no need to drain them.
				Pavel

2.6.6-current-bk/mm/page_alloc.c 
> smp-drain-local-pages/mm/page_alloc.c
> --- 2.6.6-current-bk/mm/page_alloc.c    2004-05-26 19:47:15.000000000 
> +1000
> +++ smp-drain-local-pages/mm/page_alloc.c       2004-05-26 
> 19:56:19.000000000 +1000
> @@ -459,6 +459,24 @@
>         __drain_pages(smp_processor_id());
>         local_irq_restore(flags);
>  }
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> +static void __smp_drain_local_pages(void * data)
> +{
> +       drain_local_pages();
> +}
> +
> +void smp_drain_local_pages(void)
> +{
> +       smp_call_function(__smp_drain_local_pages, NULL, 0, 1);
> +       drain_local_pages();
> +}
> +#else
> +void smp_drain_local_pages(void)
> +{
> +       drain_local_pages();
> +}
> +#endif
>  #endif /* CONFIG_PM */
> 
>  static void zone_statistics(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct zone 
>  *z)
> 
> 
> 
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